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Machine Tools

Porras Chassignet, Marina

The principle of the division of labour and the use of machines appeared in the 18th century in England. These developments initiated the Industrial Revolution.

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The Steam Engine

Porras Chassignet, Marina

Steam power became the energy source for many machines and vehicles, making it cheaper and easier to produce commodities in large amounts.

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“Gerbils Without Borders: Invasiveness, Plague, and Micro-Global Histories of Science (1932–1939)”

Skotnes-Brown, Jules, and Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva

Drawing upon archival records in Namibia, South Africa, Portugal, the United States, and the United Kingdom, this article argues that concerns over the spread of plague across land borders led to the development of a nascent invasive species framework which indicted border-crossing “migrant” South African gerbils for the international spread of the disease.

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American Society for Environmental History (ASEH)

The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) promotes scholarship and teaching in environmental history, supports the professional needs of its members, and connects its undertakings with larger communities.

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Wild Earth 5, no. 4

In Wild Earth 5, no. 4 Reed F. Noss reflects on what endangered ecosystems should mean to The Wildlands Project, and preliminary results of a biodiversity analysis in the Greater North Cascades ecosystem and a biodiversity conservation plan for the Klamath/Siskiyou region are presented.

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