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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’.
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Brewing, Industrialization, and London Water Supplies
Making more beer for eighteenth-century London’s growing population increased the need for clean water. Efforts to guarantee supplies to the brewers had an effect on both urban and rural landscapes.
Multimedia | book profile
Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970
Driving Germany is an in-depth exploration of the relationship between environmental and trafiic history in Germany, set against the political and ideological background of National Socialism.
Multimedia | image
Map: CB&Q map of Chicago, 1880
This 1880 map centered on Chicago displays the early CB&Q railroad route.
Multimedia | image
Map: Lands of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska in the Great Republican Valley, 1879
Map of the “Great Republican Valley” showing Burlington & Missouri River Rail Road lands for sale in Nebraska (1879).
Multimedia | image
Brochure: Through the American Wonderland: The Pacific Northwest, 1923
A spread from a Burlington Route brochure promoting train travel as a life-changing adventure.
Multimedia | image
Brochure: Burlington Vista-Domes, 1955
A Burlington Route brochure promoting the new “Vista-Dome” coaches in 1955.
Multimedia | image
Photograph: Alfred Wegener's propeller sled Schneespatz, 1930
Franz Kebl photographed the propeller sled Schneespatz, used in Alfred Wegener’s 1930 Greenland expedition.
Multimedia | journal
Austin Earth First!, "End Corporate Dominance!," 1996
This Austin Earth First! publication titled “End Corporate Dominance!” features topics like the menace of the Endangered Species Act, the global gathering of indigenous people fighting the oil industry, Mexican Zapatismo, Austin’s transportation and land use infrastructure, Freeport McMoran mining in West Papua, Indonesia, and the children’s march to save Sierra Blanca.