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Explorations in Environmental History

Arcadia is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for short, engaging environmental histories.
Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 45

Water, Firewood, and Disease in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul

by
Özlem Sert

This article looks at extreme droughts in Istanbul to understand the nineteenth-century changes in the Ottoman State.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 44

Italy’s Poison Ships: How an International Trade of Hazardous Waste Sparked a Grassroots Struggle for Environmental Justice

by
Claudio De Majo

A reflection on the globalization of toxic waste as a global environmental justice issue, both at home and abroad.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 43

The Natural Ice Factory at Røsneshamn, Norway: How to Compete with Big-Tech by Using Nature

by
Ingo K. Heidbrink

This article looks at how a fossil-fuel-based artificial ice producer challenged a competitor using renewable and sustainable resources.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 42

Views from Above: Light Airplanes and Wildlife Research and Management in the Serengeti during the 1950s and 1960s

by
Simone Schleper

In the 1960s, real-time aerial observations supported mixed forms of land use in African national parks.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 41

The Remarkable Ray of Dublin’s Ringsend

by
Cordula Scherer

On the common stingray and its longstanding place in the diet, health, and lives of people in Ringsend, Ireland.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 40

Stars, Mules, and Interferometers in Early Transnational Astronomy in 1960s Chile

by
Barbara K. Silva

This essay examines the multiple factors intertwined in the development of transnational astronomy in Chile in the 1960s.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 39

The Distant Roots of Beijing’s Palaces

by
Ian M. Miller

Beijing’s huge palaces rest on giant timbers logged in the far reaches of southwestern China, a project with disastrous implications.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 38

Science in the Time of the Plague: Jakob Gråberg and the Moroccan Plague Epidemic of 1818–20

by
Emil Kaukonen

This article explores Swedish consular secretary Jakob Gråberg’s writings on the plague in Morocco in 1819.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 37

La Muxatena: A Sacred Rock Formation at the Heart of an Indigenous Social Movement for Environmental Rights

by
Sam Orndorff

Indigenous groups in Nayarit, Mexico, reaffirmed their sacred environmental sites through social movement.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 36

Xunáan Kab Rhythms: Native Bees and Ecological Change in Yucatan, Mexico

by
Olea Morris

This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.

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About Arcadia

Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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