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New Roundtable: Fullilove, Profit of the Earth
Dear Colleagues,
I'm happy to announce a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews. This one discusses Courtney Fullilove's The Profit of the Earth: the Global Seeds of American Agriculture. Please enjoy and distribute!
URL: https://networks.h-net.org/fullilove-profit-earth-roundtable-review-vol-8-no-3-2018
Author: Courtney Fullilove
Pages
Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Robert Gioielli
Gioielli on Reynolds and Cohen, 'Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City'
Kristin Reynolds, Nevin Cohen. Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City. Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2016. 216 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8203-4950-3; $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-4949-7.
Reviewed by Robert Gioielli (University of Cincinnati) Published on H-Environment (April, 2018) Commissioned by David T. Benac (Western Michigan University)
Reviewer:
Molly Rozum
Rozum on Register, 'The Big Marsh: The Story of a Lost Landscape'
Cheri Register. The Big Marsh: The Story of a Lost Landscape. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016. Illustrations. 288 pp. $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-87351-995-3.
Reviewed by Molly Rozum (University of South Dakota) Published on H-Environment (April, 2018) Commissioned by David T. Benac (Western Michigan University)
Reviewer:
John Sandlos
Sandlos on Johnson, 'The Land Is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State'
Miranda Johnson. The Land Is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Illustrations. 248 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-060006-8; $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-060002-0.
Reviewed by John Sandlos (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Published on H-Environment (February, 2018) Commissioned by David T. Benac
Reviewer:
Amy Coale
Coale on Karnicky, 'Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America'
Jeff Karnicky. Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. 246 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8032-9498-1.
Reviewed by Amy Coale (Florida State University) Published on H-Environment (January, 2018) Commissioned by David T. Benac
Reviewer:
Amy Hay
Hay on Blanc, 'Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon'
Paul David Blanc. Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. 328 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-20466-7.
Reviewed by Amy Hay (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) Published on H-Environment (January, 2018) Commissioned by David T. Benac
Recent Roundtable Reviews
Fullilove, 'The Profit of the Earth,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2018)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2018)
Title: The Profit of the Earth: The Global Seeds of American Agriculture
Author: Courtney Fullilove
Commentators: Deborah Fitzgerald, B. R. Cohen, Jenny Leigh Smith, Jeremy Vetter
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
Melillo, 'Strangers on Familiar Soil,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2018)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2018)
Title: Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection
Author: Edward Dallam Melillo,
Commentators: Ian Tyrrell, Jared Farmer, Tiago Saraiva
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
Stoll, 'Inherit the Holy Mountain,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2018)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2018)
Author: Mark Stoll
Title: Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism
Commentators: Lisa H. Sideris, Constance M. Furey, Joseph Kip Kosek, Mark Fiege
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
Siegel and Mitman, 'The Land Beneath Our Feet,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2017)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2017)
Director: Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman
Title: The Land Beneath Our Feet
Commentators: Nancy Jacobs, Finis Dunaway, Edward R. Carr
Editor: Christopher F. Jones