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Recent Discussions

UkrEnvHum: Food and Agriculture Seminar

Hi All,

Please join the Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network for our second seminar on Food and Agriculture.

It will take place online via Zoom on Friday 16th June from 4pm London / 6pm Kyiv.

We will be joined by Natalia Mamonova, Kateryna Aliinyk, and Cooking Sections. We will discuss the impacts of Russia's war on Ukrainian agriculture and human-land relations.

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Environment: 29 May - 5 June 2023

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
29 May 2023 to  5 June 2023.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Environment.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.


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Recent Reviews

Author: 
Heather Anne Swanson
Reviewer: 
Jonathan Galka

Galka on Swanson, 'Spawning Modern Fish: Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon'

Heather Anne Swanson. Spawning Modern Fish: Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon. Culture, Place, and Nature Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022. Illustrations, maps. xv + 252 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-75038-5; $32.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-75039-2. 

Author: 
Philip Gooding
Reviewer: 
Chelsea Davis

Davis on Gooding, 'On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c. 1830-1890'

Philip Gooding. On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c. 1830-1890. Cambridge Oceanic Histories Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 252 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-00-910074-8.

Reviewed by Chelsea Davis (Missouri State University) Published on H-Environment (June, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
David Cressy
Reviewer: 
Patrick Klinger

Klinger on Cressy, 'Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea'

David Cressy. Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Illustrations. 336 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-286339-3.

Reviewed by Patrick Klinger (Virginia Military Institute) Published on H-Environment (June, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=58873

Author: 
Andrew F. Smith
Reviewer: 
Allan Stoekl

Stoekl on Smith, 'The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn'

Andrew F. Smith. The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn. Suny in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2022. xiii + 379 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-8871-4

Author: 
Jennifer Helgren
Reviewer: 
Montana Chandler

Chandler on Helgren, 'The Camp Fire Girls: Gender, Race, and American Girlhood, 1910–1980'

Jennifer Helgren. The Camp Fire Girls: Gender, Race, and American Girlhood, 1910–1980. Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Series. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. Illustrations. xi + 355 pp.

Recent Roundtable Reviews

Crawford, "The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 13 no. 5 (2023)

Dear Colleagues,

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Sharika D. Crawford's The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making

Author: Sharika D. Crawford

Contributors: Elizabeth Hennessy, Karl Offen, Russell Fielding, Mary Draper

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting

Miller, "Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 13 no. 4 (2023)

Dear Colleagues,

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Ian M. Miller's Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China. Please enjoy and distribute widely. 

Title: Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China

Author: Ian M. Miller

Contributors: Jonathan Schlesinger, Ruth Mostern, Keith Pluymers

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting

Black, "The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 13, no. 3 (2023)

Dear Colleagues,

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Megan Black's The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power

Author: Megan Black

Contributors: Shellen X. Wu, Sarah Stanford-McIntyre, Brian Leech, Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Editor: Melanie A. Kiechle

Barbour, "Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850-1930," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 13, no. 1 (2023)

Dear Colleagues,

Announcing a new editon of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Dale Barbour's Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850-1930. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Title: Undressed Toronto: From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850-1930

Author: Dale Barbour

Contributors: Sarah Schrank, Bruce Kidd, Ken Cruikshank, Daniel Ross

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting