Arcadia

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 24

Prevention or Poisoning? Dilemmas in Urban Rat Control

Gabriela Jarzebowska

Effective strategies for rat control based on ecology were invented in Baltimore in the 1940s. The program, however, did not last.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 23

Mobilization against Genetically Modified Organisms in Portugal

Sofia Bento, Lúcia de Oliveira Fernandes, Lays Helena Paes e Silva, and Oriana Rainho Brás

This article studies mobilization against GMOs in Portugal since the 1990s.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 22

The Mystery of the Merganser

Libby Robin

How Australian historical documents resolved questions about an unusual merganser specimen from Korea at the American Museum of Natural History.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 21

Ecological Impacts of Land Struggles in Makonde District, Zimbabwe: 1890 to Present

Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai

In 2000, the government restored land resources to the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. The chaotic land reform caused widespread environmental problems.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 20

Half a Century of Public Participation to Stop Pollution in the Alviela River, from 1957 to Today

Sofia Bento, Teresa Bezerra Meira, Lúcia de Oliveira Fernandes, and Oriana Rainho Brás

This article examines mobilization and resistance against pollution in the Alviela River in the Santarém municipality, Portugal, since the 1950s.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 19

Saudi Dreams: Icebergs in Iowa

Rafico Ruiz

The First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization, held at Iowa State University in October 1977, contributed to the formation of nascent hydrologics in the late 1970s.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 18

Marching Activists: Transnational Lessons for Danish Anti-Nuclear Protest

Melina Antonia Buns

Anti-nuclear activism in Denmark was characterized by information campaigns and peaceful marches.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 17

A Post-Wilderness National Park: Naturecultures of Destruction and Recuperation in the Castlemaine Goldfields

Lesley Instone

Once a denuded gold mining landscape, now a National Heritage Park, this place is site of emerging environmental histories of post-colonizing, post-mining lands.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 16

Droughts and Scarcity before Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, 1800–1810

Katherinne Mora

Droughts, high prices, and scarcity of food affected New Granada in the first decade of nineteenth century.

Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 15

The Australia Day Floods, January 1974

Margaret Cook

Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.

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Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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