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  • Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture

    Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast

    Series series Environmental History and the American South
    An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast.One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so ... Leer más

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  • The City Is More Than Human

    An Animal History of Seattle

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the 2017 Virginia Marie Folkins Award, Association of King County Historical Organizations (AKCHO)Winner of the 2017 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize, Western History AssociationSeattle would not exist without animals. Animals have played a vital role in shaping the city from its founding amid existing indigenous towns in the mid-nineteenth century to the livestock-friendly town of the late ... Leer más

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  • Contaminated Country

    Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia's embrace of the world's nuclear orderThough a nonnuclear state, Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth century. From uranium extraction to nuclear testing, Australia’s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development. ... Leer más

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  • The Beach Cure

    A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    How sun and sea air were prescribed as medicine on America's eastern coastFor centuries, the ocean was seen as a place of danger and work, but by the late nineteenth century, northeastern shores of the United States became therapeutic destinations for the sick and weary. Doctors in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and other cities began prescribing time at the beach as a remedy for ailments such as ... Leer más

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  • Animating Central Park

    A Multispecies History

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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  • Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory

    Grassroots Activism and Nuclear Waste in the Midwest

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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  • Charged

    A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    **Winner of the 24th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book PrizeFinalist for the 2023 Cundill History PrizeGold Medal Recipient, Nautilus Book Awards, SustainabilityThe dirty work essential to a clean energy transition**To achieve fossil fuel independence, few technologies are more important than batteries. Used for powering zero-emission vehicles, storing electricity from solar panels and ... Leer más

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  • Capturing Glaciers

    A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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  • The Toxic Ship

    The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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  • Environmental Justice in Postwar America

    A Documentary Reader

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    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
    In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence—but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories, waste-handling facilities, and big infrastructure projects, ended up in communities dominated by ... Leer más

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  • People of the Ecotone

    Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    **Winner of the 2023 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize for best book in western environmental history from the Western History AssociationIndigenous power in a significant cultural and ecological borderland**In People of the Ecotone, Robert Morrissey weaves together a history of Native peoples with a history of an ecotone to tell a new story about the roots of the Fox Wars, among the most transformative ... Leer más

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  • Wetlands in a Dry Land

    More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    **Winner of the Inaugural Book Prize from the Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand Environmental History NetworkA compelling environmental history of a critical ecosystem under threat**In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world’s wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include ... Leer más

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