CFP: Considering Art and Creativity in an Era of Ecocide: Nordic Geographers Meeting 2019 (Trondheim, Norway, June 16-19, 2019)
Nordic Geographers Meeting 2019 (Trondheim, Norway, June 16-19, 2019)
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Recent Discussions
Incendiary Politics: Histories of Indigenous Burning and Environmental Debates in Australia and the United States
New episode of Exploring Environmental History Podcast
The latest episode of the Exploring Environmental History Podcast discusses the political and cultural influences of Indigenous fire use in Australia and the United States. This knowledge is often used to inform prescribed burning for fuel reduction, which has a long history in Australia but less so in the United States.
Call for Papers: Southern Cultures Special 25th Anniversary Issue (Inside/Outside)
Guest Editor: William Sturkey
Bread and Water: Access, Belonging, and Environmental Justice in the City
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H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Environment: 29 October - 5 November
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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
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
Siegel and Mitman, 'The Land Beneath Our Feet,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2017)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2017)
Director: Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman
Title: The Land Beneath Our Feet
Commentators: Nancy Jacobs, Finis Dunaway, Edward R. Carr
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
Newman, 'Love Canal,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2017)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2017)
Author: Richard S. Newman
Title: Love Canal: A Toxic History from Colonial Times to the Present
Commentators: Stephanie Malin, Michelle Mart, Elizabeth D. Blum
Editor: Michael Egan
Reid, 'The Sea is My Country,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2017)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2017)
Author: Joshua L. Reid
Title: The Sea is My Country: the Maritime World of the Makahs
Commentators: William Bauer, Jr., Bathsheba Demuth, Edward D. Melillo, Helen M. Rozwadowski
Editor: Christopher F. Jones