Reviews

Author:

Nick R. Smith

Reviewer:

Yixian Li

Li on Smith, 'The End of the Village: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China'

Nick R. Smith. The End of the Village: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China. Globalization and Community Series. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. 324 pp. $108.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4529-6544-4; $27.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-1092-1.

Reviewed by Yixian Li (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Environment (May, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Douglas H. MacDonald

Reviewer:

Natale Zappia

Zappia on MacDonald, 'Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the National Park'

Douglas H. MacDonald. Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the National Park. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018. x + 230 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-74220-5.

Author:

Mukul Sharma

Reviewer:

Shatam Ray

Ray on Sharma, 'Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics'

Mukul Sharma. Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2018. xxxvi + 296 pp. $53.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-947756-2.

Author:

Geoff Alexander

Reviewer:

Carleigh Beriont

Beriont on Alexander, 'America Goes Hawaiian: The Influence of Pacific Island Culture on the Mainland'

Geoff Alexander. America Goes Hawaiian: The Influence of Pacific Island Culture on the Mainland. Jefferson: McFarland, 2018. Illustrations. 292 pp. $49.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4766-6949-6.

Author:

Ryan Hediger

Reviewer:

Kristen Greteman

Greteman on Hediger, 'Homesickness: Of Trauma and the Longing for Place in a Changing Environment'

Ryan Hediger. Homesickness: Of Trauma and the Longing for Place in a Changing Environment. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2019. 352 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-0654-2.

Author:

Christoph Irmscher

Reviewer:

Megan Baumhammer

Baumhammer on Irmscher, 'The Poetics of Natural History'

Christoph Irmscher. The Poetics of Natural History. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press Classics, 2019. 403 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-978805-86-6.

Reviewed by Megan Baumhammer (Princeton University) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Sara Jensen Carr

Reviewer:

Kendra Smith-Howard

Smith-Howard on Carr, 'The Topography of Wellness: How Health and Disease Shaped the American Landscape'

Sara Jensen Carr. The Topography of Wellness: How Health and Disease Shaped the American Landscape. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021. x + 276 pp. $34.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8139-4630-6.

Reviewed by Kendra Smith-Howard Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Gonzalo Lizarralde

Reviewer:

Christine Keiner

Keiner on Lizarralde, 'Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed'

Gonzalo Lizarralde. Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021. 328 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-19810-3.

Author:

Lynne Quarmby

Reviewer:

Alina Bykova

Bykova on Quarmby, 'Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear'

Lynne Quarmby. Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. 184 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-00359-5.

Reviewed by Alina Bykova (Stanford University) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Author:

Judith Bentley, Craig Romano

Reviewer:

Gwendolyn R. Lockman

Lockman on Bentley and Romano, 'Hiking Washington's History'

Judith Bentley, Craig Romano. Hiking Washington's History. Second Edition. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. 337 pp. $19.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-295-74853-5; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-74852-8.

Reviewed by Gwendolyn R. Lockman (The University of Texas at Austin) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Katherine M. Johnson

Reviewer:

Jack Reid

Reid on Johnson, 'The American Road: Highways and American Political Development, 1891-1956'

Katherine M. Johnson. The American Road: Highways and American Political Development, 1891-1956. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. 232 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-3241-1.

Author:

Cherisse Jones-Branch

Reviewer:

Lindsey Bestebreurtje

Bestebreurtje on Jones-Branch, 'Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965'

Cherisse Jones-Branch. Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2021. viii + 227 pp. $39.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-61075-744-7; $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-68226-166-8.

Reviewed by Lindsey Bestebreurtje (National Museum of African American History and Culture) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Marc Di Paolo

Reviewer:

Clare Wall

Wall on Di Paolo, 'Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones'

Marc Di Paolo. Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2018. 348 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7045-0.

Author:

Tanhum S. Yoreh

Reviewer:

Janelle Peters

Peters on Yoreh, 'Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic'

Tanhum S. Yoreh. Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019. 306 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7669-8.

Reviewed by Janelle Peters (Loyola Marymount University) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

H. W. Brands

Reviewer:

Jacob Swisher

Swisher on Brands, 'Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West'

H. W. Brands. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West. New York: Basic Books, 2019. 544 pp. $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5416-7252-9.

Reviewed by Jacob Swisher (University of Notre Dame) Published on H-Environment (April, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Li on Smith, 'The End of the Village: Planning the Urbanization of Rural China'

Zappia on MacDonald, 'Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the National Park'

Ray on Sharma, 'Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics'

Beriont on Alexander, 'America Goes Hawaiian: The Influence of Pacific Island Culture on the Mainland'

Greteman on Hediger, 'Homesickness: Of Trauma and the Longing for Place in a Changing Environment'

Baumhammer on Irmscher, 'The Poetics of Natural History'

Smith-Howard on Carr, 'The Topography of Wellness: How Health and Disease Shaped the American Landscape'

Keiner on Lizarralde, 'Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed'

Bykova on Quarmby, 'Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear'

Lockman on Bentley and Romano, 'Hiking Washington's History'

Reid on Johnson, 'The American Road: Highways and American Political Development, 1891-1956'

Bestebreurtje on Jones-Branch, 'Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965'

Wall on Di Paolo, 'Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones'

Peters on Yoreh, 'Waste Not: A Jewish Environmental Ethic'

Swisher on Brands, 'Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West'

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