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Discussion published by gregory dehler on Monday, September 21, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Environment: 14 September to 21 September 2020

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
14 September 2020 to 21 September 2020.  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
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ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by K. Mehmet Kentel on Sunday, September 20, 2020

CfP: Panel on Urban Environmental History of Fires at the ESEH 2021 Conference

Cities on Fire: Environmental History of Urban Conflagrations in Early Modern and Modern Periods

Papers focusing on the urban environmental history of fires are invited for a panel to be submitted to the European Society for Environmental History conference, which will be held at the University of Bristol in July 2021.

Discussion published by gregory dehler on Monday, September 14, 2020

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Environment: 7 September to 14 September 2020

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
 7 September 2020 to 14 September 2020.  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
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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 Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Author: 
Teresa Sabol Spezio
Reviewer: 
Samm Newton

Newton on Spezio, 'Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill'

Teresa Sabol Spezio. Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill. History of the Urban Environment Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. 248 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8229-6532-9. 

Review published on Monday, September 21, 2020
Author: 
Alison Kenner
Reviewer: 
Ela Miljkovic

Miljkovic on Kenner, 'Breathtaking: Asthma Care in a Time of Climate Change'

Alison Kenner. Breathtaking: Asthma Care in a Time of Climate Change. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. Illustrations. 248 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-0287-2; $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5179-0286-5.

Reviewed by Ela Miljkovic (University of Houston) Published on H-Environment (September, 2020) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Review published on Friday, September 18, 2020
Author: 
John Sorenson, Atsuko Karin Matsuoka, eds.
Reviewer: 
Brad Bolman

Bolman on Chez, 'Victorian Dogs, Victorian Men: Affect and Animals in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture' and Sorenson and Matsuoka, 'Dog's Best Friend?: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations'

Keridiana Chez. Victorian Dogs, Victorian Men: Affect and Animals in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2017. 212 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8142-1334-6. John Sorenson, Atsuko Karin Matsuoka, eds. Dog's Best Friend?: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019. 400 pp.

Review published on Thursday, September 17, 2020
Author: 
Tara Kathleen Kelly
Reviewer: 
Taylor Bailey

Bailey on Kelly, 'The Hunter Elite: Manly Sport, Hunting Narratives, and American Conservation, 1880-1925'

Tara Kathleen Kelly. The Hunter Elite: Manly Sport, Hunting Narratives, and American Conservation, 1880-1925. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2018. 360 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7006-2588-8; $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-2587-1. 

Review published on Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Author: 
Jill E. Kelly
Reviewer: 
Christopher Conz

Conz on Kelly, 'To Swim with Crocodiles: Land, Violence, and Belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996'

Jill E. Kelly. To Swim with Crocodiles: Land, Violence, and Belonging in South Africa, 1800-1996. African History and Culture Series. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2018. Illustrations. 396 pp. $49.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-61186-285-0.

Reviewed by Christopher Conz (Tufts University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2020) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Recent Roundtable Reviews

Document published by Keith Woodhouse on Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Milder, "Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1963-1983" Roundtable vol. 10 no. 9 (2020)

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Stephen Milder's Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1963-1983. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Roundtable Review, vol. 10 no. 9 (2020)

Title: Greening Democracy: The Anti-Nuclear Movement and Political Environmentalism in West Germany and Beyond, 1963-1983

Author: Stephen Milder

Document published by Keith Woodhouse on Monday, August 17, 2020

Parsons, "A Not-So-New World: Empire and Environment in French Colonial North America," Roundtable vol. 10 no. 8 (2020)

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Christopher M. Parsons's A Not-So-New World: Empire and Environment in French Colonial North America. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Roundtable Review, vol. 10 no. 8 (2020)

Title: A Not-So-New World: Empire and Environment in French Colonial North America

Author: Christopher M. Parsons

Contributors: Claire Campbell, Cindy Ermus, Jacob F. Lee, Strother E. Roberts

Document published by Keith Woodhouse on Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Thomson, "The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health," Roundtable vol. 10 no. 6 (2020)

 

Dear Colleagues:

Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Jennifer Thomson's The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Roundtable Review, vol. 10 no. 6 (2020)

Title: The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health

Author: Jennifer Thomson

Commenters: Josiah Rector, David Stradling, Conevery Bolton Valencius, Natasha Zaretsky

 

 

Document published by Kara Schlichting on Thursday, June 25, 2020

DeLucia, "Memory Lands: King Philip’s War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast," Roundtable vol. 10 no. 7 (2020)

Dear Colleagues-

I am pleased to announce a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews featuring Christine M. DeLucia, Memory Lands: King Philip's War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast. Please enjoy and distribute widely.

Roundtable Review vol. 10 no. 7 (2020)

Title: Memory Lands: King Philip's War and the Place of Violence in the Northeast

Author: Christine M. DeLucia

Commentators: Joseph Hall, Ashley Elizabeth Smith, Maeve Kane, Thomas Wickman

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