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A Question of Origins: Skeletal Evidence in the History of Venereal Syphilis
This article studies the history of the debate regarding the origins of the venereal syphilis that “emerged” in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century.
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Stevia as a Genetic Resource: Intellectual Property and Guaraní Strategies for Access-and-Benefit Sharing in Paraguay and Brazil
The Guaraní accused global corporations such as Coca Cola and Cargill of using their traditional knowledge associated with the stevia plant and filed for an access-and-benefit sharing agreement.
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Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Mennonite migrations from Ukraine to Kansas in 1874 transformed traditional tallgrass prairie for grain production.
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Ecological Impacts of Land Struggles in Makonde District, Zimbabwe: 1890 to Present
In 2000, the government restored land resources to the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. The chaotic land reform caused widespread environmental problems.
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“A healthy mountainous island surrounded by a sea of malaria”: Ecology and War in the Caucasus
A case study of the effects of malaria in the Caucasus across the revolutionary divide of 1917.
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Hydroelectric Power and Anishinaabe Diets: What Oral Testimony Suggests About Managing Food (In)Security on Reserve
This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.
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Droughts and Scarcity before Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, 1800–1810
Droughts, high prices, and scarcity of food affected New Granada in the first decade of nineteenth century.
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Civilizing Nature with the Spade and the Rifle: The Engineer Battalion in the Araucanía Region, Chile (1877–1891)
In the nineteenth century, the Chilean army developed a strategy to conquer the environment.
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The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Novaya Zemlya
Polar bears invade Russian archipelago and town in Novaya Zemlya, northern Russia.
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A Post-Wilderness National Park: Naturecultures of Destruction and Recuperation in the Castlemaine Goldfields
Once a denuded gold mining landscape, now a National Heritage Park, this place is site of emerging environmental histories of post-colonizing, post-mining lands.