Reviews

Author: 
John Holmes McDowell, Katherine Borland, Rebecca Dirksen, Sue Tuohy, eds.
Reviewer: 
Christian Filbrun

Filbrun on McDowell and Borland and Dirksen and Tuohy, 'Performing Environmentalisms: Expressive Culture and Ecological Change'

John Holmes McDowell, Katherine Borland, Rebecca Dirksen, Sue Tuohy, eds. Performing Environmentalisms: Expressive Culture and Ecological Change. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021. 294 pp.

Author: 
Stefan Dorondel, Stelu Șerban, eds.
Reviewer: 
Julie Ault

Ault on Dorondel and Șerban, 'A New Ecological Order: Development and the Transformation of Nature in Eastern Europe'

Stefan Dorondel, Stelu Șerban, eds. A New Ecological Order: Development and the Transformation of Nature in Eastern Europe. INTERSECTIONS: Histories of Environment Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022. 292 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4717-2

Author: 
Valerio Caruso
Reviewer: 
Kristin Poling

Poling on Caruso, 'The Swamp of East Naples: Environmental History of an Unruly Suburb'

Valerio Caruso. The Swamp of East Naples: Environmental History of an Unruly Suburb. Translated by Sara Ferraioli. Cambridgeshire: White Horse Press, 2021. 224 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-912186-21-1

Author: 
John D. Leshy
Reviewer: 
Carrie Meyer

Meyer on Leshy, 'Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands'

John D. Leshy. Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. 736 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-23578-4

Reviewed by Carrie Meyer (University of Nebraska) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
John C. Hudson
Reviewer: 
Christine Woodside

Woodside on Hudson, 'Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada'

John C. Hudson. Across This Land: A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada. Creating the North American Landscape, second edition. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2020. 520 pp. $72.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4214-3758-3.

Reviewed by Christine Woodside (University of Connecticut) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Margaret Bullock, ed.
Reviewer: 
Michaela Rife

Rife on Bullock, 'New Deal Art in the Northwest: The WPA and Beyond'

Margaret Bullock, ed. New Deal Art in the Northwest: The WPA and Beyond. Tacoma: Tacoma Art Museum, 2020. Illustrations. 239 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-924335-48-8

Reviewed by Michaela Rife (University of Michigan) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Christine Keiner
Reviewer: 
Philipp Lehmann

Lehmann on Keiner, 'Deep Cut: Science, Power, and the Unbuilt Interoceanic Canal'

Christine Keiner. Deep Cut: Science, Power, and the Unbuilt Interoceanic Canal. Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America Series. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2020. Illustrations. 288 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8203-3895-8; $114.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-3894-1.

Reviewed by Philipp Lehmann (University of California, Riverside) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Robert O. Binnewies
Reviewer: 
Savannah Donnelly

Donnelly on Binnewies, 'Palisades: The People's Park'

Robert O. Binnewies. Palisades: The People's Park. New York: Empire State Editions, 2021. 424 pp. $43.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-9369-8.

Reviewed by Savannah Donnelly (Montana State University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Author: 
Miles Larmer
Reviewer: 
Kristin Brig-Ortiz

Brig-Ortiz on Larmer, 'Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt'

Miles Larmer. Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Illustrations. 288 pp. Open Access (pdf), ISBN 978-1-108-97312-0; $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-83315-8.

Reviewed by Kristin Brig-Ortiz (Johns Hopkins University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Robert Coutts
Reviewer: 
Shannon Stunden Bower

Stunden Bower on Coutts, 'Authorized Heritage: Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada'

Robert Coutts. Authorized Heritage: Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2021. 252 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-88755-926-6; $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-88755-932-7.

Reviewed by Shannon Stunden Bower (University of Alberta) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Carmen Martínez Novo
Reviewer: 
German Vergara

Vergara on Martínez Novo, 'Undoing Multiculturalism: Resource Extraction and Indigenous Rights in Ecuador'

Carmen Martínez Novo. Undoing Multiculturalism: Resource Extraction and Indigenous Rights in Ecuador. Pitt Latin American Series. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021. 312 pp. $50.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-8229-8808-3; $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4663-2.

Reviewed by German Vergara (Georgia Tech) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Kai Erikson, Lori Peek
Reviewer: 
Ian Seavey

Seavey on Erikson and Peek, 'The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina'

Kai Erikson, Lori Peek. The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022. 160 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4773-2434-9

Reviewed by Ian Seavey (Texas A&M University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
John Mack Faragher
Reviewer: 
Carol McKibben

McKibben on Faragher, 'California: An American History'

John Mack Faragher. California: An American History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. Illustrations. ix + 466 pp. $28.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-22579-2

Reviewed by Carol McKibben (Stanford University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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