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Discussion published by Alessandro Antonello on Friday, September 24, 2021

CFP: Archaeology, History & Heritage: responses to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and agendas for climate research and adaptation

Seminar

Archaeology, History & Heritage: responses to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report and agendas for climate research and adaptation

A seminar of the Deep Pasts and Human Scale Research Theme
Convened by: Dr Ania Kotarba and Dr Alessandro Antonello

*Tuesday 16th November 2021*

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Flinders University, Bedford Park campus and Online

Discussion published by gregory dehler on Tuesday, September 21, 2021

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Announce: 13 September - 20 September

he following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
13 September 2021 to 20 September 2021.  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
http://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

Review published on Thursday, September 16, 2021
Author: 
Trisha T. Pritikin
Reviewer: 
India Luxton

Luxton on Pritikin, 'The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices from the Fight for Atomic Justice'

Trisha T. Pritikin. The Hanford Plaintiffs: Voices from the Fight for Atomic Justice. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. Illustrations. xvi + 348 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7006-2904-6. 

Reviewed by India Luxton (Colorado State University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2021) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Review published on Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Author: 
Alesia Montgomery
Reviewer: 
Josiah Rector

Rector on Montgomery, 'Greening the Black Urban Regime: The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit (Great Lakes Books Series)'

Alesia Montgomery. Greening the Black Urban Regime: The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit (Great Lakes Books Series). Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2020. 332 pp. $34.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8143-4651-8. 

Review published on Monday, September 13, 2021
Author: 
Kenneth W. Baldridge
Reviewer: 
James Skillen

Skillen on Baldridge, 'The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, 1933-1942: Remembering Nine Years of Achievement'

Kenneth W. Baldridge. The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, 1933-1942: Remembering Nine Years of Achievement. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2019. Illustrations, tables. xvi + 508 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-60781-651-5. 

Review published on Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Author: 
Tori Bush, Richard Goodman, eds.
Reviewer: 
Liz Skilton

Skilton on Bush and Goodman, 'The Gulf South: An Anthology of Environmental Writing'

Tori Bush, Richard Goodman, eds. The Gulf South: An Anthology of Environmental Writing. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2021. 408 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-6679-0. 

Reviewed by Liz Skilton (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Published on H-Environment (September, 2021) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Review published on Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Author: 
Stephen Puleo
Reviewer: 
Catherine Bateson

Bateson on Puleo, 'Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission'

Stephen Puleo. Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2020. 336 pp. $28.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-250-20047-1. 

Reviewed by Catherine Bateson (University of Durham) Published on H-Environment (August, 2021) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Recent Roundtable Reviews

Document published by Kara Schlichting on Sunday, July 25, 2021

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

Document published by Keith Woodhouse on Monday, June 14, 2021

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

 

Document published by Kara Schlichting on Wednesday, April 7, 2021

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

Document published by Kara Schlichting on Friday, March 5, 2021

Robichaud, "Animal City: The Domestication of America," Roundtable vol. 11, no. 1 (2022)

Dear Colleagues-

I am pleased to announce a new editon of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Andrew A. Robichaud's Animal City: The Domestication of America. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Roundtable Review vol. 11 no. 1 (2022)

Title: Animal City: The Domestication of America

Author: Andrew A. Robichaud

Commentators: Dawn Biehler, Frederick L. Brown, Joshua Specht, and Joanna Dean

Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting

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