Salt Dreams: Land and Water in Low-Down California
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
An account of post-World War II conflicts, prompted by the arrival of two major timber companies in Earth’s largest coastal temperate rainforest: Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska.
An environmental history of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil from pre-modern times to the late twentieth century.
Stefania Barca presents an environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, through the lens of the Liri River Valley.
Do we owe the world-famous Kruger National Park to the triumph of “good” conservationists over the forces of “evil” commercial exploitation? Environmental historian Jane Carruthers investigates.
Gesellschaft und Ernahrung is a lavishly illustrated catalog of an exhibition on the history of food that ran at the Food Museum in Vevey, Switzerland, in 2000.
Andrea Zagli writes about Tuscany’s Bientina Lake and its fishery, linking the lake environment to population, government, and economies.
Taking an environmental history perspective of the nothwestern plains, this book represents an excellent example of how to tie the human experience to the limits and opportunities presented by environment.
This book presents a rich and extensive empirical study on biophysical aspects of two hundred years of economic history for Sweden.