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Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Jan-Henrik Meyer on Saturday, April 15, 2017

Berlin-Brandenburg Colloquium for Environmental History Summer 2017

The Berlin-Brandenburg Colloquium on Environmental History provides a forum for the discussion of environmental history research in an informal setting in Berlin. We are happy to invite you to our series of talks in the summer semester 2017.

 

In order to celebrate our five year anniversary, we will kick off our semester with a special jubilee talk

 

Jubilee Talk with Award Winning

Professor KATE BROWN (American Academy Berlin / College Park, USA).

Discussion published by Amy McIntyre on Saturday, April 15, 2017

Registration now open for 2017 ASLE Conference

Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
Twelfth Biennial Conference, June 20- 24, 2017
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Registration Is Now Open!  REGISTER online at https://commerce.wayne.edu/events/clas-events/rust-recovery-2017.html

Conference Website: http://asle2017.clas.wayne.edu/

Discussion published by Daita Serghi on Thursday, April 13, 2017

Call for Applications Closes this Friday, April 14, for AASHE’s Sustainability Professionals Retreat

Dear Colleagues,

The application period for our Sustainability Professionals Retreat closes this Friday, April 14. Facilitated by Leith Sharp from Harvard University and Aurora Winslade from Swarthmore College with guest speakers Peterson Toscano, Lizza Robb, and Emilie Rex, this event allows for creative and open-ended discussions to encourage professionals growth and skill building. 

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Recent Reviews

Review published on Saturday, March 4, 2017
Author: 
Richard S. Newman
Reviewer: 
Angela Creager

Creager on Newman, 'Love Canal: A Toxic History from Colonial Times to the Present'


Richard S. Newman. Love Canal: A Toxic History from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. xvii + 306 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-537483-4.

Reviewed by Angela Creager (Princeton University)
Published on H-Environment (March, 2017)
Commissioned by David T. Benac

Review published on Monday, February 20, 2017
Author: 
Richard L. Revesz, Jack Lienke
Reviewer: 
Allen J. Dieterich-Ward

Dieterich-Ward on Revesz and Lienke, 'Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the "War on Coal"'


Richard L. Revesz, Jack Lienke. Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the "War on Coal". New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 232 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-023311-2.

Reviewed by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward (Shippensburg University)
Published on H-Environment (February, 2017)
Commissioned by David T. Benac

Review published on Monday, February 13, 2017
Author: 
Michael D. Wise
Reviewer: 
Stephanie Rutherford

Rutherford on Wise, 'Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the Northern Rockies'


Michael D. Wise. Producing Predators: Wolves, Work, and Conquest in the Northern Rockies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. 210 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8032-4981-3.

Reviewed by Stephanie Rutherford (Trent University)
Published on H-Environment (February, 2017)
Commissioned by David T. Benac

Review published on Monday, February 6, 2017
Author: 
Frank Van Nuys
Reviewer: 
Tim Lehman

Lehman on Van Nuys, 'Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West'


Frank Van Nuys. Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2015. xiv + 338 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-2131-6.

Reviewed by Tim Lehman (Rocky Mountain College)
Published on H-Environment (February, 2017)
Commissioned by David T. Benac

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Recent Roundtable Reviews

Document published by Dan Karalus on Sunday, March 19, 2017

Finney, 'Black Faces, White Spaces' & Zimring, 'Clean and White,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2017)

Roundtable Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2017)

Author: Carolyn Finney

Title: Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

Author: Carl A. Zimring

Title: Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States

Commentators: Mary E. Mendoza, Kathryn Morse, Richard M. Mizelle, Jr., Traci Brynne Voyles

Editor: Christopher F. Jones

 

Document published by Dan Karalus on Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Matteson, 'Forests in Revolutionary France,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 8 (2016)

Roundtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 8 (2016)

Author: Kieko Matteson

Title: Forests in Revolutionary France: Conservation, Community, and Conflict, 1669-1848

Commentators: Caroline Ford, Catherine T. Dunlop, Richard Keyser

Editor: Christopher F. Jones

Document published by Dan Karalus on Friday, September 23, 2016

Sutter, 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies,' Roudtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 7 (2016)

Roudtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 7 (2016)

Author: Paul Sutter

Title: Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies: Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South

Commentators: Jay Turner, Conevery Bolton Valencius, Claire Campbell, Steven Stoll

Editor: Christopher F. Jones

 

Document published by Dan Karalus on Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Dunaway, 'Seeing Green,' Roundtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 6 (2016)

Roundtable Review, Vol. 6, No. 6 (2016)

Author: Finis Dunaway

Title: Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images

Commentators: Keith Woodhouse, Lori Vermaas, Finn Arne Jørgensen, Marguerite S. Shaffer

Editor: Christopher F. Jones

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