Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
This collection brings together leading scholars on the environments of Latin America and the Caribbean to give us new and alternative narratives of the postcolonial history of the continent.
Esta colección reúne a algunos de los académicos más destacados en el estudio de las historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe para proponer nuevas perspectivas sobre el desarrollo poscolonial del continente. Estos ensayos narran historias variadas de interacciones complejas entre grupos sociales, estados y sus ambientes, y proveen nuevos ángulos para enriquecer las interpretaciones más conocidas.
Esta coletânea reúne alguns dos principais estudiosos das histórias ambientais da América Latina e do Caribe. Ela sugere novas perspectivas para discutir o desenvolvimento do continente no período pós-colonial. Estes ensaios narram histórias variadas sobre as interações complexas entre sociedades, estados, territórios e ecossistemas. Eles questionam narrativas anteriormente aceitas e abrem novos horizontes de interpretação.
This article is an exploration of the chemical heritage of mining activities in northern Chile.
Through a case study of the nickel mine Ambatovy in Madagascar, the authors explore local perceptions of the magnitude and distribution of impacts of biodiversity offset projects on local well-being.
Shortis suggests that the World Park Antarctica campaign offers a positive example of an environmental campaign that includes but does not center scientific authority.
This collection of studies provides valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing Latin America.
In this chapter of the German-language version of her virtual exhibition “Mensch und Natur in der deutschen Literatur (Human-Nature Relations in German Literature),” Sabine Wilke discusses texts that register transformations of landscapes or take a position on their causes. For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.
In this chapter of her virtual exhibition “Human-Nature Relations in German Literature,” Sabine Wilke discusses texts that register transformations of landscapes or take a position on their causes. For the German-language version of this exhibition, click here.