Urbanizing the Future: A New City Project in Agrarian South India
Full book of Urbanizing the Future: A New City Project in Agrarian South India by Carol Upadhya.
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“Thank God for the Coal Rollers”
Historian Timothy LeCain is interested in the bridge between humans and materiality. Last year, while driving his SUV home through the mountains of Montana, a large truck pulled in front of him and released a cloud of dense, noxious smoke. Like many cyclists, hybrid car drivers, and “No Kings” protestors, LeCain had been “coal rolled.” His tongue-in-cheek essay, “Thank God for the Coal Rollers,” explores the practice’s culture, intended victims, and even the unintended good it might enact.
Confronting Water Insecurity: Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice
Excerpt from Confronting Water Insecurity: Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice by Roberto L. Lenton.
History for Global Anxiety
Libby Robin argues that environmental history is well positioned to address planetary concerns through interdisciplinary collaboration with scientists and policymakers.
Offering Solutions
Zelko expresses skepticism about the transformative potential of environmental history, arguing that it is often more useful to historians than to addressing global crises.
Mainstreaming Environmental History
Martin V. Melosi reflects on the past and future of environmental history, noting its broad scope but also its tendencies to prioritize social history and ecological concerns over certain “top-down” topics, such as the environmental politics of specific governments.
Future Research Needs in Environmental History: Regions, Eras, and Themes
John R. McNeill emphasizes the need for environmental history to broaden its scope by addressing underexplored regions, eras, and themes.
Fighting the Deadly Fog
Amy M. Hay examines the history of Agent Orange and its environmental and human consequences—a story that represented a transnational history.
“Recycling Cultures in India: Studying Electronic and Textile Waste”
Recyclable waste in India is dealt with in traditional ways and could serve as a model for sustainable waste management in the Global North.
A Mi´gmaq Perspectives on Wild Salmon Management and the Salmon Farming Industry
A long struggle on the part of the Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj to continue fishing, despite arrests and financial pressures, has cleared the way for the resurgent power of Mi’gmaq law to govern the fishery, and to face the salmon aquaculture industry with confidence.