Encountering the Past in Nature: Essays in Environmental History
This small collection of essays by Finnish scholars establishes the basic tenets of environmental history as a field of inquiry.
This small collection of essays by Finnish scholars establishes the basic tenets of environmental history as a field of inquiry.
In the first comprehensive account of the Kaibab deer controversy, Christian C. Young describes the interactions, rivalries, and conflicts between state and federal agencies, scientists, nature lovers, conservationists, and hunters.
Situating the wolf in the history of Canadian national parks, this controversial study examines the tumultuous relationship between humans and wolves in four Rocky Mountain parks.
A memoir of the author’s life and his strong interests in wildlife, conservation, and major environmental organizations.
Sara Dant, Michael Lewis, and Robert M. Wilson discuss Etienne Benson’s Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife.
Napier Shelton offers a tour of notable natural sites in Missouri through the eyes of the people who work with them.
An anthology devoted to the United States’ earliest nature writing.
Cultivating Arctic Landscapes gives a well-rounded portrait of wildlife management, aboriginal rights, and politics in the circumpolar north. The book reveals unexpected continuities between socialist and capitalist ecological styles, and addresses the problems facing a new era of cultural exchanges between aboriginal peoples in each region.
Excerpt from Animals and Society in Brazil, from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries.