Perspectives Article
Salvation Road
Gijs Mom traces his path into environmental history through an initial concern with electric vehicles and the history of automobility.
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Perspectives Article
The Neo-Materialist Flip
Timothy LeCain outlines his shift from viewing technology as a departure from nature to understanding humans as materially embedded within it.
Perspectives Article
A History of Flowing Water
Eva Jakobsson examines her intellectual development in environmental history through a focus on water systems and hydropower.
Perspectives Article
From Social to Environmental History. And Back?
Marc Elie reflects on the evolution of his research on tragic events in twentieth-century Russia and the Soviet Union—from researching Gulag ex-detainees to analyzing the history of disaster and risk management.
Perspectives Article
Place, Time, and Me
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.
Perspectives Article
From East to West
Lajos Rácz traces his development as a climate historian back to his experience growing up in rural Hungary.
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The State in the Forest: Contested Commons in the Nineteenth Century Venetian Alps
Excerpt from The State in the Forest: Contested Commons in the Nineteenth Century Venetian Alps.
Exhibition chapter
Melbourne: DIY Infrastructure | Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s,” the authors describe the ways in which infrastructure failed to keep pace with population growth in Melbourne, Victoria, and how residents developed their own means to overcome deficiencies. Residents of the postwar suburban frontier installed septic tanks and pan toilets, joined together to lay stormwater drains to improve the health and amenity of their local streets.
Arcadia
Forest Conservation and the Exploration of Carpathian Fungi: Albert Pilát’s Primeval Forest Awareness and the Emergence of Modern Mycology
Interwar nature conservation in Subcarpathian Ruthenia created conditions for Albert Pilát’s research, which shaped modern mycology and forest awareness.
Arcadia
Territories of the Sea: Outlining a Spatial History of Gloucester’s Fisheries
At the turn of the twentieth century, Gloucester, Massachusetts, emerged as one of the most significant US fishing ports.