In this book David Zierler tries to explain the success of the campaign against herbicidal warfare that followed the start of Operation Ranch Hand in 1961.
In Toxic Bodies Langston tells us of the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES), a hormone disruptor that doctors prescribed to pregnant women for decades in the mid-twentieth century.
This book investigates how indigenous peoples from various cultures interact with and conceptualize their environments, past and present.
This book draws on the diversity of papers on deserts and drylands presented at the first Oxford Interdisciplinary Deserts Conference in March 2010.
Russell employs the notion of the coevolution of plants, animals, and microorganisms to explain the causes and consequences of a broad range of events.
Presents Mesopotamian civilization “from the ground up,” including with reference to a range of climatic and environmental factors.
Mark Dowie’s provocative critique of the mainstream American environmental movement.
An environmental history of waterways in the United States.
A collection of essays exploring the production and disposal of wastes in the American city since 1850.
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
