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In this book, Laura Dassow Walls describes how the explorer Alexander von Humboldt developed his unitary worldview.

The documentary contrasts the results of using genetically-modified crops purchased from multinational agrochemical corporations with the maintenance of community seedbanks and biodiversity.

This is the story of farmer Percy Schmeiser who is drawn into a struggle for justice and, ultimately, survival in the face of exploitation by a multinational corporation.

From genetically modified foodstuffs to animals and designer babies, this documentary explores the current and possible future impacts of genetic engineering on both the natural environment and human nature.

Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.

A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.

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.

Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.

A biography of American scientist and popular ecology writer, Rachel Carson.