A biography of the Chicago River.
Books & Profiles
The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History
The Eighteenth-Century Climate of Jamaica Derived from the Journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786
Examines the weather records of Thomas Thistlewood, a large property and slave-owner in eighteenth-century Jamaica.
A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark c. 1150-1830
Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
Die Frühgeschichte der globalen Umweltkrise und die Formierung der deutschen Umweltpolitik (1950–1973) [The early history of the global environmental crisis and the formation of German environmental politics]
This volume traces the perception of the global environmental crisis on the basis of primary sources.
Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation
A cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States.
Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
Jon Coleman investigates the sometimes violent and always controversial relationship between the two species.
Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore
This illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard.
The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.
Environment, Power and Injustice: A South African History
This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa.
Umwelt-Geschichte: Arbeitsfelder, Forschungsansätze, Perspektiven [Environmental History: Fields, Approaches, Perspectives]
An interdisciplinary collection of essays that investigates the various approaches and research fields of environmental history.