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Nuhoniyeh—Our Story
Nuhoniyeh—Our Story provides a view on forced environmental migration.
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Monsoon Landscapes: Spatial Politics and Mercantile Colonial Practice in India
For a long time, the British Empire saw the climate and the regional political strongholds of northeast India as insuperable obstacles to conquest.
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Introduction: “Quite a chapter in the history of the West” | CB&Q Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad played an important role in the transformation of settlement, agriculture, commerce, and recreation in North America. This is the introductory chapter of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson.
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US Government Land Grants: “A pleasure to break the wild prairie” | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 2 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter discusses the impact of US land grants for railroad and settlement development especially in the states of Missouri and Nebraska.
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“Room eno’ for all”: Promotion of Settlement in Iowa and Nebraska | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 3 is of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” and focuses on the Burlington’s promotion of settlement in Iowa and Nebraska.
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The CB&Q, Buffalo Bill, and the Development of Wyoming | CB&Q Railroad
This is Chapter 4 of the virtual exhibition “Promotion and Transformation of Landscapes along the CB&Q Railroad” by environmental historian Eric D. Olmanson. The chapter focuses on “Buffalo Bill” William Cody and the development of Wyoming.
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Changing land ownership, agricultural, and economic systems | Famines in India
This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Famines in Late Nineteenth-Century India: Politics, Culture, and Environmental Justice”—written and curated by sociologist Naresh Chandra Sourabh and economic historian Timo Myllyntaus.