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“‘Cool and Tasty Waters’: Managing Naples’s Water Supply, c. 1500–c. 1750”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the water supply of Naples, Italy, in the early modern period.
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Environment and Infrastructure: Challenges, Knowledge and Innovation from the Early Modern Period to the Present
An edited volume environment and infrastructure in the late middle ages to our days.
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Ecopolitical Space in a Riverine Landscape of South Asia
The article shows how ecological and geographical features influence the configuration of political space within a region.
Multimedia | book, full-text
Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands
Full text of Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands, edited by Rachel Carson Center almunae Milica Prokić and Pavla Šimková,
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Boiling Memories: Thermal Waters as Nexus of Trauma and Community Agency in Draginovo’s Mnemonic Waterscape
In 1971, the Bulgarian Socialist government destroyed the cemetery of a Pomak village and built a public bath on its place.
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“Fathoming the Oceans Through History”
Former RCC Fellow Helen Rozwadowski presents her perspectives on the ocean and its history.
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Winter Water and Mobility in Early Modern Amsterdam
During the Little Ice Age’s harsh winters, frozen waterways posed challenges and opportunities in the Dutch Republic.
Multimedia | journal article
“The Magic Mirror: Legends, Limnology, and Nuclear Power on Lake Stechlin”
The entwined history of legends, literature, limnology, and a Cold War nuclear power plant at Lake Stechlin in northeastern Germany.
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“Beavering”
In a carbon-sequestering wetland on Maine’s Mid-Coast, a quirky human-beaver relationship unfolds each year.
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“The Poetics of Dunes”
Joana Freitas reveals the reasons, troubles, and charm of writing about sand and how poetry can be more effective than prose to describe dunes.