Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism
Excerpt from Thoreau’s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism, a new interpretation of Thoreau’s Walden.
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Multispecies Walden Woods: Reevaluating Thoreau’s Religion
Arcadia, Spring 2022, no. 7
In Praise of Weeds: Sympoiesis at St. James’s Piccadilly
Arcadia, Spring 2022, no. 1
Whale Peoples and Pacific Worlds
Joshua L. Reid concludes that the history of Pacific whaling has undergone a scholarly renaissance.
Whales and Whaling in Puget Sound Coast Salish History and Culture
Jonathan Clapperton details the importance of whaling to Puget Sound Coast Salish people (Puget Salish) along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Nineteenth-Century Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansion in the Pacific
Jakobina Arch contrasts the modern Japanese whaling industry with expansionist imperial Meiji regime policies.
Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth-Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
ASLE EcoCast: ASLE Spotlight Series 2: Water Works
This special episode of EcoCast features the audio recording from ASLE’s Spotlight Series’s second episode “Water Works,” held on April 16, 2021.
ASLE EcoCast: ASLE Spotlight Series 1: Human/Non-Human Relations
This special episode of EcoCast features the audio recording from ASLE’s Spotlight Series’s first episode “Human/Non-Human Relations,” held on March 19, 2021.