An analysis of environmental policy in China with a focus on the regulation of water pollution.
Books & Profiles
Environmental Regulation in China: Institutions, Enforcement, and Compliance
Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks
An account of how national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
An environmental history of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil from pre-modern times to the late twentieth century.
ECO-WARS: Political Campaigns and Social Movements
An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.
Tongass: Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest
An account of post-World War II conflicts, prompted by the arrival of two major timber companies in Earth’s largest coastal temperate rainforest: Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska.
Nature and the Orient: The Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
On the Rim: Looking for the Grand Canyon
A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.
Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline among Northwest Coast Indians 1774–1874
An investigation into the introduction of European diseases to native peoples on the Pacific Northwest coast (North America).