Reviews

Author: 
Fred Delcomyn, James L. Ellis
Reviewer: 
Rosetta S. Elkin

Elkin on Delcomyn and Ellis, 'A Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers'

Fred Delcomyn, James L. Ellis. A Backyard Prairie: The Hidden Beauty of Tallgrass and Wildflowers. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Illustrations. xiv + 110 pp. $24.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8093-3818-4; $15.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-8093-3819-1. 

Author: 
Bernard C. Melewski
Reviewer: 
Darren Speece

Speece on Melewski, 'Inside the Green Lobby'

Bernard C. Melewski. Inside the Green Lobby. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2021. 276 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4384-8668-0

Reviewed by Darren Speece (Sidwell Friends School) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Jessica M. Smith
Reviewer: 
Sarah Stanford-McIntyre

Stanford-McIntyre on Smith, 'Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility'

Jessica M. Smith. Extracting Accountability: Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility. Engineering Studies Series. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2021. Illustrations. 328 pp. $65.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-262-54216-6; $65.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-262-36242-9; free (open access), ISBN 978-0-262-36615-1.

Reviewed by Sarah Stanford-McIntyre (University of Colorado Boulder) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Bert Winther-Tamaki
Reviewer: 
Alison J. Miller

Miller on Winther-Tamaki, 'Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art'

Bert Winther-Tamaki. Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2022. 306 pp. $140.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5179-1190-4; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-1191-1

Author: 
Hilda Lloréns
Reviewer: 
Ysabel Munoz

Munoz on Lloréns, 'Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice'

Hilda Lloréns. Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice. Decolonizing Feminisms Series. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021. Illustrations. 222 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-74940-2; $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-74939-6.

Reviewed by Ysabel Munoz (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Jenny Goldstein, Eric Nost, eds.
Reviewer: 
Anne-Lise Boyer

Boyer on Goldstein and Nost, 'The Nature of Data: Infrastructures, Environments, Politics'

Jenny Goldstein, Eric Nost, eds. The Nature of Data: Infrastructures, Environments, Politics. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. ix + 328 pp. Ill. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-1715-8; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4962-3250-2

Author: 
John James Audubon, John Bachman
Reviewer: 
Kathryn B. Carpenter

Carpenter on Audubon and Bachman, 'Tenacious of Life: The Quadruped Essays of John James Audubon and John Bachman'

John James Audubon, John Bachman. Tenacious of Life: The Quadruped Essays of John James Audubon and John Bachman. Edited and With Original Commentary by Daniel Patterson and Eric Russell. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. Illustrations. 424 pp. $70.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4962-2674-7; $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-1334-1.

Reviewed by Kathryn B. Carpenter (Princeton University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Ada Smailbegovic
Reviewer: 
Elizabeth Tavella

Tavella on Smailbegovic, 'Poetics of Liveliness: Molecules, Fibers, Tissues, Clouds'

Ada Smailbegovic. Poetics of Liveliness: Molecules, Fibers, Tissues, Clouds. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021. xi + 337 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-19826-4; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-19827-1

Author: 
Jonathan Saha
Reviewer: 
Koyna Tomar

Tomar on Saha, 'Colonizing Animals: Interspecies Empire in Myanmar'

Jonathan Saha. Colonizing Animals: Interspecies Empire in Myanmar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Illustrations. 280 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-83940-2.

Reviewed by Koyna Tomar (University of Pennsylvania) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Author: 
Karen E. Rignall
Reviewer: 
Christopher Gratien

Gratien on Rignall, 'An Elusive Common: Land, Politics, and Agrarian Rurality in a Moroccan Oasis'

Karen E. Rignall. An Elusive Common: Land, Politics, and Agrarian Rurality in a Moroccan Oasis. Cornell Series on Land: New Perspectives on Territory, Development, and Environment. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. ix + 252 pp. $19.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-5017-5615-3; $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-5613-9; $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-5612-2.

Author: 
Helen Louise Cowie
Reviewer: 
Sarah Pickman

Pickman on Cowie, 'Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain'

Helen Louise Cowie. Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 300 pp. $39.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-108-86126-7; $39.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49517-2.

Reviewed by Sarah Pickman (Yale University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Rosetta S. Elkin
Reviewer: 
Tanya Matthan

Matthan on Elkin, 'Plant Life: The Entangled Politics of Afforestation'

Rosetta S. Elkin. Plant Life: The Entangled Politics of Afforestation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2022. Illustrations, tables. xxiv + 250 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5179-1261-1; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-1262-8

Author: 
Kai Bosworth
Reviewer: 
Leah Van Dyk

Van Dyk on Bosworth, 'Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century'

Kai Bosworth. Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2022. xv + 269 pp. $27.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4529-6754-7.

Reviewed by Leah Van Dyk (University of Calgary) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Myra J. Hird
Reviewer: 
Alex Souchen

Souchen on Hird, 'Canada's Waste Flows'

Myra J. Hird. Canada's Waste Flows. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables. 336 pp. $40.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-00528-5.

Reviewed by Alex Souchen (University of Guelph) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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