The Management of Common Land in North West Europe, c. 1500–1850
This collection emphasizes that common lands were a key component of early-modern agriculture in many parts of northwest Europe.
This collection emphasizes that common lands were a key component of early-modern agriculture in many parts of northwest Europe.
In this article, Hub Zwart discusses the emergence of a cultivated landscape in the Netherlands.
This paper studies the role of differing views of nature in nature conservation.
In this paper, Hein-Anton van der Heijden discusses Dutch politics of “New Nature.”
This study addresses two questions: (1) what visions of nature do lay people subscribe to? (2) to what extent do these visions reflect those of professional philosophers?
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Christine Halvorson reports about the march of indigenous Brazilians against 500 years of oppression, and Edward May sheds light on the slaughter of sea lions in British Columbia. The issue also features stories from various actions against capitalism during May Day 2000.
This volume brings together a range of studies of cycling and cyclists, examining some of the diversity of practices and their representation.
Vaclav Smil shows why energy transitions are inherently complex and prolonged affairs, and how ignoring this raises unrealistic expectations that the United States and other global economies can be weaned quickly from a primary dependency on fossil fuels.
National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, Civilizing Nature adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time.