DEADLINE APPROACHING: CFP: 2018-19 Boston Environmental History Seminar Series
Call for Proposals: The Boston Environmental History Seminar at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.
Deadline: March 15, 2018
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Call for 1000 Word Writing Tidbits from Early Career Scholars Attending #ASEH 2018
If anyone has short pieces they would like to volunteer for workshopping with Dr. Steven Pyne during an open workshop session at ASEH 2018 in Riverside, California, please send your writing of 1000 words or less to anastasiaday@me.com by March 4.
H-Net Job Guide from 19 February to 26 February 2018
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
19 February 2018 to 26 February 2018. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Environment.
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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
Mark Fiege, 'The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2014)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2014)
Author: Mark Fiege
Title: The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
Commentators: Conevery Bolton Valencius, Roderick Frazier Nash, Eric Foner, Christopher C. Sellers
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Alan Mikhail, 'Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History,' & Sam White, 'The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 8 (2013)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 8 (2013)
Author: Alan Mikhail
Title: Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History
Author: Sam White
Title: The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Commentators: Yaron Ayalon, Richard W. Bulliet, Arash Khazeni
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Sara M. Gregg, 'Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 7 (2013)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 7 (2013)
Author: Sara M. Gregg
Title: Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia
Commentators: Geoffrey L. Buckley, Donald Edward Davis, Cheryl Morse
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Andrew W. Kahrl, 'The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 6 (2013)
Roundtable Review, Vol. 3, No. 6 (2013)
Author: Andrew W. Kahrl
Title: The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South
Commentators: Sarah Elkind, Christopher J. Manganiello, Cassandra Johnson-Gaither, Colin Fisher
Editor: Jacob Darwin Hamblin