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Episode 12: "Industrialization in Subarctic Environments"
Liza Piper talks about the industrialization of Canada’s northwest subarctic region between 1920 and 1960.
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Salmon Cultures: Indigenous Peoples and the Aquaculture Industry
In this volume of RCC Perspectives, diverse salmon cultures—from the aquaculture industry and biology, to northern Sami and First Nations—speak about life and work with salmon.
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Broadsheet: “Presenting Wild Animals: Two Sea Lions, a White Whale-bear and a Long-tailed Monkey,” June 1754
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
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Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast
A comprehensive history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated large-scale energy production and unprecedented growth—and the environmental cost of that development.
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Resources and Revolution: Mexico’s Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl National Park
On 8 November 1935, Mexico’s president, Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–1940), established the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl National Park, the first of nearly forty national parks he would create within the next few years. By 1940, Mexico had more parks than any other country in the world.
Perspectives Article
Montreal and Its Waters: An Entangled History
This article highlights how Montreal’s relationship to its water sources has always been experienced and mediated through two intersecting processes: the actual state and presence of water in the landscape, and current representations of water and the ways in which water manifests itself in everyday life.
Perspectives Article
A Lake of Opportunity: Rethinking Phosphorus Pollution and Resource Availability
This article outlines the “global P problem sphere” before moving to insights obtained from a Canadian case study that examines the opportunities of applying a paradigmatic focal shift to phosphorus understanding—“from noxious to precious”— as assessed and evaluated through the direct participation of local stakeholders.
Perspectives
The Culture and Politics of Energy in Germany: A Historical Perspective
In this volume of RCC Perspectives, esteemed historian David Blackbourn follows the challenge of energy production in Germany over the past two hundred years—from wood and coal, to hydroelectricity and nuclear power, and finally to emerging renewable technologies
Multimedia | interviews and talks
“Technology's Epic Story”
Kevin Kelly presents his perspectives on technology and its relevance to history, biology, and religion.
Perspectives Article
Fukushima and the Lessons of History: Remarks on the Past and Future of Nuclear Power
The essay presents a brief summary of the development of nuclear power in Germany, arguing that the decision of 2011 was the final step in a long farewell and discusses how the methodological arsenal of the historical profession can shed light on future developments.