Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
Books & Profiles
A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark c. 1150-1830
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.
Les propriétés collectives face aux attaques libérales (1750–1914). Europe occidentale et Amérique latine [Collective Properties in the Face of Liberal Attacks (1750–1914)]
This volume provides a renewed vision of the issue of collective properties, an issue previously distorted by passions, and now mostly forgotten.
At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America
A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.