Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire, edited by Martina Martina, Kai Jun Chen, and Dorothy Ko, is available to download in its entirety.
Books & Profiles
Making the Palace Machine Work: Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire
Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond: Redefining the Universe through Natural Philosophy, Religious Reformations, and Sea Voyaging
Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond by Lindsay Starkey is a part of the series “Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures,” published by Amsterdam University Press.
Old English Ecotheology: The Exeter Book
Old English Ecotheology by Courtney Barajas is a part of the series “Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures,” published by Amsterdam University Press.
Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c. 1500–1800
Excerpt from Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c. 1500–1800 by Leopoldine van Hogendorp Prosperetti.
Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China
Excerpts from the book Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China by former RCC fellow Yan Gao.
Imaginative Ecologies: Inspiring Change through the Humanities
Excerpts from the book Imaginative Ecologies, including an interview with Christof Mauch.
Greening Europe: Environmental Protection in the Long Twentieth Century – A Handbook
Excerpt from the book Greening Europe: Environmental Protection in the Long Twentieth Century – A Handbook.
Mosquitopia: The Place of Pests in a Healthy World
Full book co-edited by former Rachel Carson Center fellow Marcus Hall.
Taming Fruit: How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity
Excerpt from Taming Fruit: How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity by Bernd Brunner.
Umweltgeschichte
Environmental history is becoming increasingly important in research, teaching, and public outreach.