"Silent Spring at 50"
A comparative analysis of the reception of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the United States and in the UK.
A comparative analysis of the reception of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the United States and in the UK.
Australia and New Zealand share a southern, settler society history, and cultural solidarity as British colonies and dominions. Their early unity as ‘Australasia’ is where this paper begins, focusing on the strong role of science in shaping environmental history and policy in both countries.
A political thriller about GMOs and freedom of speech.
Managing the Unknown offers essays that show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress. This volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.
Effective strategies for rat control based on ecology were invented in Baltimore in the 1940s. The program, however, did not last.
The author seeks to bring together environmental anthropology and history to frame the place of forests in humans’ lives, from a political ecology point of view. He does this by reflecting on his personal experiences in Northeast India, Kenya, and Sweden.