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Author: 
Nancy Langston
Reviewer: 
Kerri Clement

Clement on Langston, 'Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in Anthropocene'

Nancy Langston. Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in Anthropocene. Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University Press, 2021. 208 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-68458-065-1.

Reviewed by Kerri Clement (University of Idaho) Published on H-Environment (July, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57276

Author: 
Jonathan Todd Hancock
Reviewer: 
Caroline Greer

Greer on Hancock, 'Convulsed States: Earthquakes, Prophecy, and the Remaking of Early America'

Jonathan Todd Hancock. Convulsed States: Earthquakes, Prophecy, and the Remaking of Early America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. 186 pp. $27.50 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-6218-3; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-6217-6.

Reviewed by Caroline Greer (George Mason University) Published on H-Environment (June, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
David L. Haberman
Reviewer: 
Cybelle Shattuck

Shattuck on Haberman, 'Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworlds'

David L. Haberman. Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworlds. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2021. 330 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-05604-7.

Reviewed by Cybelle Shattuck (Western Michigan University) Published on H-Environment (June, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57496

Author: 
Gregory E. Smoak, ed.
Reviewer: 
Brian Wright

Wright on Smoak, 'Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West'

Gregory E. Smoak, ed. Western Lands, Western Voices: Essays on Public History in the American West. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2021. 240 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-64769-034-2

Author: 
Bruce D. Jones
Reviewer: 
Aria Finkelstein

Finkelstein on Jones, 'To Rule the Waves: How Control of the Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers'

Bruce D. Jones. To Rule the Waves: How Control of the Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers. New York: Scribner, 2021. 400 pp. $18.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-982127-26-8.

Reviewed by Aria Finkelstein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Published on H-Environment (June, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Recent Roundtable Reviews

Higuchi, "Political Fallout: Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis" H-Environment Roundtable vol. 11, no. 5 (2021)

 

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Toshihiro Higuchi's Political Fallout: Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: Political Fallout: Nuclear Weapons Testing and the Making of a Global Environmental Crisis

Author: Toshihiro Higuchi

Commenters: Sumiko Hatakeyama, Stephen Macekura, Rachel Emma Rothschild, Perrin Selcer

Greer, "Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 11 no. 4 (2021)

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Kirsten A. Greer's Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: Red Coats and Wild Birds: How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire

Author: Kirsten A. Greer

Commentators: Robert M. Wilson, Vinita Damodaran, Maria Lane, Philip Howell, Ruth A. Morgan

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting

Horowitz, "Katrina: A History, 1915-2015" Roundtable vol. 11, no. 3 (2021)

 

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Andy Horowitz's Katrina: A History, 1915-2015. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: Katrina: A History, 1915-2015

Author: Andy Horowitz

Commenters: Robin McDowell, Craig Colten, Lynnell Thomas, Leslie M. Harris

 

Lekan, "Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti" H-Environment Roundtable vol. 11 no. 2 (2021)

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Thomas M. Lekan's Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti

Author: Thomas M. Lekan

Commentators: Chris Conte, Corinna Treitel, Jeff Schauer, Julie Weiskopf

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting