Perspectives Article
A History of Flowing Water
Eva Jakobsson examines her intellectual development in environmental history through a focus on water systems and hydropower.
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Place, Time, and Me
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.
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The State in the Forest: Contested Commons in the Nineteenth Century Venetian Alps
Excerpt from The State in the Forest: Contested Commons in the Nineteenth Century Venetian Alps.
Arcadia
Forest Conservation and the Exploration of Carpathian Fungi: Albert Pilát’s Primeval Forest Awareness and the Emergence of Modern Mycology
Interwar nature conservation in Subcarpathian Ruthenia created conditions for Albert Pilát’s research, which shaped modern mycology and forest awareness.
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“Staying Open: Shaping Environmental History in Sweden”
A reflection on how environmental history emerged in Sweden.
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“Controlling the Planet’s Health: From Homeostasis and Geophysiology to the Planetary Health Watch”
An article on the limits of a cybernetic conception of planetary health.
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The Organism–Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal
In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucial gap in our understanding of a foundational building block of modern biology.
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New Histories of Pacific Whaling – Revised Edition
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
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“Resistance Does Not Go to Waste”
Introduction to the special issue “Garbage, Discarded Governmentalities, and the Ecosystem—Tensions and Resistances.”
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“Ecology and The Nation: How One Australian Scholar came to Environmental History”
A reflection on how environmental history emerged in Sweden.