Perspectives Article
Illuminating Women: The Case of Candles in the English Home, 1815–1900
Sayer looks at candles as an example of how less prominant energy sources and uses play key roles in energy transitions.
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Perspectives Article
Fear and Anxiety on the Energy Frontier: Understanding Women’s Early Encounters with Fossil Fuels in the Home
Looking to rural Canada, the author shows how women’s concerns for family safety drove energy choices and supplier campaigns.
Perspectives Article
Our Own Memories: Women’s Experiences of Rural Electrification
This edited radio-show transcript provides personal accounts of women’s experiences in rural Ireland during the transition to electricity.
Perspectives Article
Women and Energy in the Ruhr Area of West Germany, 1950s–1980s
Dolata brings to light how the conflicts faced by women has shaped their agency in energy transitions.
Arcadia
The Distant Roots of Beijing’s Palaces
Beijing’s huge palaces rest on giant timbers logged in the far reaches of southwestern China, a project with disastrous implications.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Ian M. Miller, author of Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Ian M. Miller is interviewed on her new book, Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China.
Arcadia
Subterranean (In)visibilities: Traces, Underground Water, and Thermal Flows in the El Tatio Geyser Field, Atacama, Chile
Describing geothermal exploration traces and explosions at the “El Tatio” geyser field, this article explores the (in)visible trajectories of underground water.
Arcadia
Touching Power: White Womanhood, Colonial Spectacle, and the “Forces of Nature” at the Boulder Power Inaugural
Gender colonization, progress, and nature on display as the first electricity from Hoover Dam arrived in Los Angeles in 1936.
Multimedia | journal article
“Cities by the Sea: A Tale of Qingdao and Los Angeles”
In this Springs article, environmental historian Shen Hou considers the shore lives of both Qingdao and Los Angeles.
Multimedia | journal article
“Handling Heat: A Conversation with Elspeth Oppermann”
Daniel Dumas interviews Elspeth Oppermann on handling heat in a changing climate, with a focus on how heat affects work environments.