Reminder: Proposals Due October 31, 2018 Call for Proposals: "Chesapeake Studies: Casting a Wide Net"
Reminder: Proposals Due October 31, 2018
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Jobs Posted to the H-Net Job Guide: 17 September 2018 to 24 September 2018
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 17 September 2018 to 24 September 2018. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Environment.
World Congress of Environmental History July 2019: 1 Week to Deadline (October 1, 2018)
Dear All,
There are for sure good environmental reasons NOT to attend congresses. Travels=pollution, hotels=excessive water consumption, congress venue=boom of waste accumulation. There are also solid economic reasons NOT to attend congresses: they are often so expensive that the family budget just cannot afford one further academic travel of yours.
Chris Jones to speak at MIT on October 5
MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History Series
Friday, October 5, 2018
“The Optimism of the Dismal Science: Growth, Economics, and the Natural World in the America Century”
Presented by Chris Jones
Professor
Arizona State University
2:30-4:30 PM
Building E51,Room 095
CFP: Water and Megacities (ICEHO 3rd World EH conference)
We are seeking another paper for a panel proposal at the ICEHO Third World Environmental History Conference, July 22-26, 2019 in Florianópolis, Brazil.
In particular, we are seeking papers looking at the historical relationship between water and the growth of megacities in the Americas.
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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
Zhang, 'The River, the Plain, and the State,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2018)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2018)
Title: The River, the Plain, and the State: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China
Author: Ling Zhang
Commentators: Robert B. Marks, Maya Peterson, Yan Gao, Donald Worster
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
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