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An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.

Chronicles how industry developed a continental perspective in a shared regional space, the mineralized West, and how successful efforts of governments and citizens to protect the environment evolved.

A collection of essays that, as a whole, considers strong private property rights as crucial for environmental protection.

An account of how water pollution control policy emerged during the seminal decades of environmental activism, with reference to the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world: the Great Lakes.

A sobering contribution to the food versus fuel debate and an equally poignant exposé of the human and environmental impacts of European policy on biofuels.

How a site in San Francisco that had been a military base for much of its modern history became a unique, urban national park.

A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.

A collection on the environmental history of the Middle East that covers five broad themes: agriculture and pastoralism; water; nature and culture; marine environments, and environmental monitoring.

A study of environmentalism in post-World War II United States.

A collection of essays exploring the production and disposal of wastes in the American city since 1850.