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Call for Papers
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September 30, 2018
ANNOUNCING the "Climate Change" Issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives, Vol.15, No. 2, Spring-Summer 2018
Seeking panelists for "The Book in Environmental History"
Two 12-minute papers are needed for a panel on "The Book in Environmental History" being proposed for the Environmental History World Congress - 22-26 July 2019 - Florianopolis, Brasil. https://www.3wceh2019.floripa.br/site/capa
New Website on Conservatives and the Environment
I wanted to call your attention to a teaching and research website --- www.the-republican-reversal.com -- that Drew Isenberg, myself, and students at Wellesley College have recently launched. It is a collection of primary documents, discussion questions, and a timeline that allows students to investigate how the Republican Party’s position on environmental issues has changed since the 1970s. We hope it’ll be useful for putting together lectures, discussions, and supporting student research papers.
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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
Carse, 'Beyond the Big Ditch,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 10 (2015)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 10 (2015)
Author: Ashley Carse
Title: Beyond the Big Ditch: Politics, Ecology, and Infrastructure at the Panama Canal
Commentators: Anne N. Greene, Marixa Lasso, Chandra Mukerji, Daniel Macfarlane
Editor: Christopher F. Jones
Jones, 'Routes of Power,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 9 (2015)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 9 (2015)
Author: Christopher F. Jones
Title: Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America
Commentators: Sarah Mittlefehldt, Gwen Ottinger, Stephanie LeMenager, Sara B. Pritchard
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Davis, 'Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 8 (2015)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 8 (2015)
Author: Frederick Rowe Davis
Title: Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology
Commentators: David Hecht, Rachel Rothschild, Max Liboiron, Jody Roberts
Editor: Michael Egan
Drake, 'Loving Nature, Fearing the State,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 7 (2015)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 5, No. 7 (2015)
Author: Brian Allen Drake
Title: Loving Nature, Fearing the State: Environmentalism and Antigovernment Politics before Reagan
Commentators: Jeff Crane, Ryan H. Edgington, Thomas Jundt
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin