A collection of essays that, as a whole, considers strong private property rights as crucial for environmental protection.
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An investigation, based on both fieldwork and historical sources, of changing land use practices in the Amazonian floodplain forest.
An account of how water pollution control policy emerged during the seminal decades of environmental activism, with reference to the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world: the Great Lakes.
An interdisciplinary explanation of why Europeans and people of European descent have come to control so much of the world’s wealth.
How a site in San Francisco that had been a military base for much of its modern history became a unique, urban national park.
A cultural critique of zoos that seeks to problematize their role as a sanctuary for animals.
A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.
A comprehensive history of the Adirondack mountain range in the eastern United States.
Rothman considers how the negative consequences of tourism development in the American West potentially outweigh the economic prosperity it brings to communities.
An analysis of public parks in the United States, from a communitarian perspective.