environmentalism
ECO-WARS: Political Campaigns and Social Movements
An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.
The Presidio: From Army Post to National Park
How a site in San Francisco that had been a military base for much of its modern history became a unique, urban national park.
Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
The Greening of a Nation? Environmentalism in the United States Since 1945
A study of environmentalism in post-World War II United States.
Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
A biography of American scientist and popular ecology writer, Rachel Carson.
Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement
This book links the environmental movement that emerged in the United States during the 1960s to earlier progressive movements and considers the importance of race, ethnicity, class, and gender issues for the history and evolution of environmentalism.
Brent Spar Campaign
Brent Spar becomes one of Greenpeace’s most succesful campaigns to stop the pollution of the seas.
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Robert Gioielli on "Hard Asphalt and Heavy Metals"
Historian Robert Gioielli, Carson fellow from September 2010 to June 2011, speaks about his research project, “Hard Asphalt and Heavy Metals: An Environmental History of the Urban Crisis.”
“Science, Environment and Empire History: Comparative Perspectives from Forests in Colonial India”
An essay review of books by Arun Agrawal, Peder Anker, David Arnold, Gregory A. Barton, Richard Drayton, and S. Ravi. Rajan.