Multimedia | journal article
"The Iron Industry Energy Transition"
This article examines the energy transition in the iron industry and studies the consequence of this switch to coal-fueling technology upon forests.
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Multimedia | book profile
Rivers, Memory, and Nation-Building: A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers
Beginning in the pre-modern world, the Volga and Mississippi Rivers both served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, “Mother Volga” and the “Father of Waters” became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Rivers, Memory, and Nation-Building discusses their histories, through which we derive a more nuanced view of human interaction with the environment, which adds another lens to our understanding of the past.
Multimedia | journal article
"Limitations of Environmental Success Without Successful Environmental Policy"
From the late 1950s onward, Helsinki experienced air pollution from energy generation, industries, waste incineration, and traffic. After having been at its worst in the late 1960s the air quality in Helsinki eventually improved remarkably. This paper examines the reasons for this environmentally advantageous outcome, which was achieved in the absence of a particularly successful environmental policy.
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"Fossilized Memory: The German-Russian Energy Partnership and the Production of Energo-political Knowledge"
This essay discusses methodological difficulties of the established concept of social memory for the analysis of energo-political discourse. It examines the case study of the German-Russian energy cooperation on the natural gas market which began with the discovery of the Urengoi gas field in 1966.
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"Water, Food and the Economy"
This article presents and discusses the papers presented at the 5th IWHA Conference under the theme ‘Water, Food and the Economy’.
Perspectives
Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Politics: Case Studies from Canada and Western Europe
These essays showcase examples from Canada and Western Europe, offering insights into how different forms of environmental knowledge and environmental politics come to be seen as legitimate or illegitimate.
Arcadia
“It Was a Blast!”—Camp Life on Christmas Island, 1956–1958
The day-to-day experiences of the men who developed and tested the British nuclear deterrent on Christmas Island from 1956–1958.
Perspectives Article
Environmental Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Portugal: From Resistance to Incorporation
This article traces the development of environmentalism in Portugal, and particularly the role of environmental NGOs as producers of expert knowledge to be used in policy making. The Portuguese environmental movement has professionalized rather than formalizing as green political parties. Portuguese environmentalism has adapted and evolved under authoritarian regimes, neoliberalism, European integration, and the financial crisis.
Multimedia | book profile
Zivilgesellschaft und Protest: Eine Geschichte der Naturschutz- und Umweltbewegung in Bayern 1945–1980
Through examining topics of nuclear energy and tourism, Zivilgesellschaft und Protest portrays the transitions towards radicalism in the Bavarian environmental movement from the end of the Second World War to the late 1970s.
Exhibition chapter
Histories of Transitions | Energy Transitions
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Energy Transitions,” historian Nuno Luís Madureira argues that the study of such transitions itself has gone through changes over the course of history.