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RCC Perspectives

The online journal publishes provocative, less formal pieces related to the Rachel Carson Center's environment and society research themes.
Issue 2014/3

Asian Environments: Connections across Borders, Landscapes, and Times

Edited by Ursula Münster, Shiho Satsuka, and Gunnel Cederlöf

This issue of RCC Perspectives offers insights into similarities and differences in the ways people in Asia have tried to master and control the often unpredictable and volatile environments of which they were part

Issue 2014/2

Minding the Gap: Working Across Disciplines in Environmental Studies

Edited by Robert Emmett and Frank Zelko

This volume of RCC Perspectives considers what it means to work across disciplines in environmental studies and how such projects can best be realized.

Issue 2014/1

The Edges of Environmental History: Honouring Jane Carruthers

Edited by Christof Mauch and Libby Robin

This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.

Issue 2014/1

Os Limites da História Ambiental: Uma Homenagem a Jane Carruthers

Organizado por Christof Mauch e Libby Robin

This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.

Issue 2013/7

Novas Histórias Ambientais da América Latina e do Caribe

Organizado por Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua e John Soluri

Esta coletânea reúne alguns dos principais estudiosos das histórias ambientais da América Latina e do Caribe. Ela sugere novas perspectivas para discutir o desenvolvimento do continente no período pós-colonial. Estes ensaios narram histórias variadas sobre as interações complexas entre sociedades, estados, territórios e ecossistemas. Eles questionam narrativas anteriormente aceitas e abrem novos horizontes de interpretação.

Issue 2013/7

New Environmental Histories of Latin America and the Caribbean

Edited by Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua, and John Soluri

This collection brings together leading scholars on the environments of Latin America and the Caribbean to give us new and alternative narratives of the postcolonial history of the continent.

Issue 2013/7

Nuevas historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe

Editado por Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua y John Soluri

Esta colección reúne a algunos de los académicos más destacados en el estudio de las historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe para proponer nuevas perspectivas sobre el desarrollo poscolonial del continente. Estos ensayos narran historias variadas de interacciones complejas entre grupos sociales, estados y sus ambientes, y proveen nuevos ángulos para enriquecer las interpretaciones más conocidas.

Issue 2013/6

Notes From the Greenhouse: Making the Case for Environmental History

By Christof Mauch

This volume of RCC Perspectives contains an English and a German version of a speech made by RCC Director Christof Mauch in 2009. In his speech, Mauch outlines the purpose of the Rachel Carson Center and argues for the importance of studying environmental history.

Issue 2013/5

Making Tracks: Human and Environmental Histories

Edited by Christof Mauch, Helmuth Trischler, Lawrence Culver, Shen Hou, and Katie Ritson

Perhaps it is a feature of environmental history in particular that our origins and our past stories shape our interests and our fields of enquiry in myriad ways. Many of the “tracks” in this volume are not well-trodden, and they lead us through a landscape that is mutable and as yet uncharted.

Issue 2013/4

The Culture and Politics of Energy in Germany: A Historical Perspective

By David Blackbourn

In this volume of RCC Perspectives, esteemed historian David Blackbourn follows the challenge of energy production in Germany over the past two hundred years—from wood and coal, to hydroelectricity and nuclear power, and finally to emerging renewable technologies

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About RCC Perspectives

RCC Perspectives is an open-access publication that exists to record and reflect the activities of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The journal was rebranded in 2016 as RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society. It provides a forum for examining the interrelationship between environmental and social changes and is designed to inspire new perspectives on humanity and the wider world. RCC Perspectives aims to bridge the gap between scholarly and non-scholarly audiences and encourage international dialogue.

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The Perspectives Team

Published from 2010 to 2020, the series editors of RCC Perspectives were RCC Directors Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler. The former editing team consisted of Harriet Windley and Kristy Henderson. Katie Ritson served as co-series editor and managing editor for many years alongside former editors Brenda Black, Stephanie Hood, Hannah Roberson, and Samantha Rothbart.

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The Environment & Society Portal is a project of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, an institute founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum. Read more about the Portal in English and in German.
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