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Explores the conceptualization of environments as landscape, philosophically and historically.
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Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796–1916
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.
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Environmental and Social Justice in the City: Historical Perspectives
The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities; yet few European historians have tackled these subjects head on, nor have they explored their relationships with social inequalities.
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Thinking Through the Environment: Green Approaches to Global History
A collection offering global perspectives on the intersections of mind and environment across a variety of discourses—from history and politics to the visual arts and architecture.
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Conservation Song: A History of Peasant-State Relations and the Environment in Malawi, 1860–2000
Conservation Song explores ways in which colonial relations shaped meanings and conflicts over environmental control and management in Malawi. By focusing on soil conservation, which required an integrated approach to the use and management of such natural resources as land, water, and forestry, it examines the origins and effects of policies and their legacies in the post-colonial era.
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A Rugged Nation: Mountains and the Making of Modern Italy
The nationalization of Italian mountains has been a story of military conquest and resistance, ecological and social transformation, expropriating resources and imposing meanings…
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The Third Dimension: A Comparative History of Mountains in the Modern Era
This book considers the variegated world of mountains and their development during the last five hundred years.
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Bao Maohong on "Landscape Transformation in China"
Bao Maohong, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about his work on landscape transformation in China.
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Stephen Bell on "The Transformation of Land Use in Brazil"
Stephen Bell, Carson Fellow from June to August 2011, talks about his research concerning the the transformation of land use in Brazil.
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Wilko Graf von Hardenberg on "Alpine Nature Conservation and Resource Management"
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Carson Fellow from November 2010 to February 2011, talks about his research on Alpine nature conservation and resource management.