To whom does the Northwest Passage belong? Historian Elene Baldassarri writes about the politics of the Far North. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources.”
Using Yung Chang’s 2007 documentary film Up the Yangtze, Weik von Mossner unravels the power struggles accompanying the construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant—the Three Gorges Dam in China.
A reflection on the use of images in environmental history.
A reflection on the use of mixed methods in environmental history.
An article on the methods of German landscape gardener Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823).
The EJAtlas is an interactive online platform coordinated and managed by researchers and activists.
Chapters from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
This book examines how the unruly Mississippi River and its muddy delta shaped the people, culture, and governance of the region.
