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Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Jonathan Galka
Galka on Swanson, 'Spawning Modern Fish: Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon'
Heather Anne Swanson.
Spawning Modern Fish: Transnational Comparison in the Making of Japanese Salmon.
Culture, Place, and Nature Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022. Illustrations, maps. xv + 252 pp.
$105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-75038-5; $32.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-75039-2. 
Reviewer:
Chelsea Davis
Davis on Gooding, 'On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c. 1830-1890'
Philip Gooding. On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c. 1830-1890. Cambridge Oceanic Histories Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 252 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-00-910074-8.
Reviewed by Chelsea Davis (Missouri State University) Published on H-Environment (June, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Reviewer:
Patrick Klinger
Klinger on Cressy, 'Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea'
David Cressy. Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Illustrations. 336 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-286339-3.
Reviewed by Patrick Klinger (Virginia Military Institute) Published on H-Environment (June, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=58873
Reviewer:
Allan Stoekl
Stoekl on Smith, 'The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn'
Andrew F. Smith.
The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn.
Suny in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2022. xiii + 379 pp.
$95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-8871-4.
Reviewer:
Montana Chandler
Chandler on Helgren, 'The Camp Fire Girls: Gender, Race, and American Girlhood, 1910–1980'
Jennifer Helgren. The Camp Fire Girls: Gender, Race, and American Girlhood, 1910–1980. Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Series. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. Illustrations. xi + 355 pp.
Recent Roundtable Reviews
Dümpelmann, "Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin" Roundtable vol. 10 no. 2 (2020)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Sonja Dümpelmann, Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Coen, "Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale," Roundtable vol. 10 no. 1 (2020)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Deborah R. Coen's Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Roundtable Review, vol. 10, no. 1 (2020)
Title: Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale
Author: Deborah R. Coen
Chiang, "Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration," Roundtable vol. 9 no. 10 (2019)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Connie Y. Chiang's Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Roundtable Review, vol. 9, no. 10 (2019)
Title: Nature Behind Barbed Wire: An Environmental History of the Japanese American Incarceration
Author: Connie Y. Chiang
Commentators: Megan Asaka, Brian McCammack, Duncan Ryūken Williams
Cavert, 'The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City' Roundtable Vol. 9, No. 9 (2019)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring William Cavert's The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Roundtable Review, Vol. 9, No. 9 (2019)
Title: The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City
Author: William M. Cavert
Commentators: Paul Warde, Leona Skelton, Peter Thorsheim