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Books & Profiles
The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good
Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts
The documents collected in the book reveal the various and sometimes conflicting uses of the term “conservation” and the contested nature of the reforms it described.
The Great Gypsy Moth War: The History of the First Campaign in Massachusetts to Eradicate the Gypsy Moth, 1890-1901
The untold story behind the importation and release of the gypsy moth in North America.
Globalization, Health, and the Environment: An Integrated Perspective
Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change.
The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World
Richards shows how humans—whether clearing forests or draining wetlands, transporting bacteria, insects, and livestock; hunting species to extinction, or reshaping landscapes—altered the material well-being of the natural world along with their own.
Natural Missouri: Working With the Land
Napier Shelton offers a tour of notable natural sites in Missouri through the eyes of the people who work with them.
Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency
This book offers a history of the conservation movement’s origins and provides a context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions.
City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History
A collection of essays addressing the collaboration of human and natural forces in the creation of cities, the countryside, and empires.
Conquering the Highlands: A History of the Afforestation of the Scottish Uplands
Jan Oosthoek tells in this book the story of how 20th century foresters devised ways to successfully reforest the poor Scottish uplands.
The American People and the National Forests
A history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.