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Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 16

The Polluted Past of the Whaling Town Hachinohe

Fynn Holm

The Japanese port city Hachinohe plans to reintroduce commercial whaling, but the city’s troubled past challenges the official narrative.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 15

The Search for George DeBaptiste’s House: The Crooked Creek Flood of 1846

Christopher Baas and Darrin L. Rubino

Could the Crooked Creek Flood of 1846 be the reason we cannot find George DeBaptiste’s house?

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 14

The 1096 Eichō Earthquake and Tsunami

Kristina Buhrman

The 1096 Earthquake and Tsunami extensively damaged coastal communities, but it was the shock to the capital that mattered more.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 13

Histories of Central Himalayan Herbs: Vanaspati Karyalaya in Tehri Princely State c. 1879–1950

Nivedita Nath

When the mystical marketing of Himalayan medicines elides the social and ecological worlds of Himalayan meadows.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 12

Recollecting the “prodotti vegetali” of the Natural History Museum, University of Florence

Anna Svensson

This article briefly retraces the history of a Florentine botanical museum as a reflection of changes in people-plant relations.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 11

Virtuous Bees: How Beekeeping Helps Protect Primary Forests in the Russian Far East

Elena Feditchkina Tracy

This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 10

The Aura River Ice Jam in Turku, March 1903

Stefan Norrgård

Historical documents provide detailed descriptions of ice-jam flood events and climate impacts in riverine communities.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 9

Imagining a New Eden in the Nuclear West

Chris Fite

The blooming desert in a 1940s magazine ad showcases the idyllic landscapes and conspicuous absences in atomic bucolic imagery.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 8

The War Against the Goats in Interwar Greece

Giorgos Kostopoulos

This article investigates forest policy in the period of dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in Greece.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 7

The Hub’s Archipelago: The Connected Histories of Boston and Its Harbor Islands

Pavla Šimková

The natural-looking Boston Harbor Islands have been shaped by the city of Boston for centuries, making them into urban islands.

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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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