Rothman considers how the negative consequences of tourism development in the American West potentially outweigh the economic prosperity it brings to communities.
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An analysis of public parks in the United States, from a communitarian perspective.
This environmental history of ancient civilizations seeks to demonstrate that environmental degradation is not exclusively a problem of the modern world.
An interdisciplinary collection of essays that investigate the history of land ownership in the United States, including with reference to related conflicts with environmentalists.
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.
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
Examines the cultural history of English explorations of Earth’s polar regions.
The documentary contrasts the results of using genetically-modified crops purchased from multinational agrochemical corporations with the maintenance of community seedbanks and biodiversity.
Jens Schanze documents the impact on the residents of Otzenrath, a seven hundred-year-old village in North-Rhine Westphalia, following their relocation in order to make way for the Garzweiler II open-pit, brown coal mine.