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American Forests: Nature, Culture, and Politics
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
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Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
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On the Rim: Looking for the Grand Canyon
A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Environmental Regulation in China: Institutions, Enforcement, and Compliance
An analysis of environmental policy in China with a focus on the regulation of water pollution.
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Lake Erie Rehabilitated: Controlling Cultural Eutrophication, 1960s–1990s
Cultural eutrophication is a process, whereby an excessive increase in nutrients in inland waters occurs as a result of human activities. William McGucken’s book examines the causes and effects of this process with reference to Lake Erie.