Call for Papers: Southern Cultures Special 25th Anniversary Issue (Left/Right)
Guest Editor: Joe Crespino
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Updated CFP and Deadline Reminder: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) 2019 Conference
Updated ASLE 2019 Call for Papers (PDF)
Conference Website: https://www.asle.org/conference/biennial-conference/
ASLE 2019 Conference: Paradise on Fire
June 26-30, 2019
University of California, Davis
Submission deadline is December 15, 2018 at 11:59pm EST
CALL FOR PAPERS
Want to Host WHEATS 2019?
Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, & Science
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Call for Papers: Contested Spaces: Where Latin American Histories Meet
Call for Papers: "Contested Spaces: Where Latin American Histories Meet"
Location: Columbia University
Date: Saturday, April 27th, 2019.
Abstract Deadline: January 15th, 2019.
Contact Information: lacsgconference@gmail.com
[EXTENDED DEADLINE] CfP: Energy and the Left 2019
Call for Papers: Energy and the Left, 2019 Workshop at NYU
Keynote Address by Robert Vitalis: 30 March 2019
Workshop Date: 31 March 2019
Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 15 December 2018
Location: NYU, Washington Square campus
Organizers: Lola Jusidman (laj305@nyu.edu), Zack Cuyler (zdc204@nyu.edu)
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Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Arn M. Keeling
Keeling on Leech, 'The City That Ate Itself: Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit'
Brian James Leech. The City That Ate Itself: Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pit. Mining and Society Series. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2018. 376 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-943859-42-9.
Reviewed by Arn M. Keeling (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Published on H-Environment (October, 2018) Commissioned by Dolly Jørgensen (University of Stavanger)
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
Recent Roundtable Reviews
Ross, 'Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 5 (2018)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 8, No. 5 (2018)
Title: Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire: Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical World
Author: Corey Ross
Commentators: Iftekhar Iqbal, Meredith McKittrick, Richard Tucker
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
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