Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796–1916
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.
For nearly a century, we have relied increasingly on science and technology to harness natural forces, but at what environmental and social cost?
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Using the Malheur Basin in southeastern Oregon as a case study, this intriguing and nuanced book explores the ways people have envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results.
This illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard.
Building on Water focusses on the relationship between early modern agriculture and water management in Europe, and the history of Venetian hydraulic management.
A collection on the environmental history of the Middle East that covers five broad themes: agriculture and pastoralism; water; nature and culture; marine environments, and environmental monitoring.
Excerpt from RCC alumnus Fabian Zimmer’s book Hydroelektrische Projektionen.
As Australian cities face uncertain water futures, what insights can the history of Aboriginal and settler relationships with water yield?