| Book Review | Environmental History, 12.2

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Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration. By Marcus Hall. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. xiv + 310 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $35.00.
Say you want to restore a human occupied landscape to a state of wilderness or pristine nature. How difficult is such a task, and is it even possible? Do Americans and Europeans see such undertakings in different lights, and if so, what do these differences tell us about the role of humans in their environ-ments? These are formidable questions and the answers have real, ecological consequences for planetary life. Marcus Hall has tackled these matters with vim and vigor, and in doing so has produced an engaging and intriguing study.	1
As an environmental historian and assistant professor at the University of Utah, Hall has already achieved some notable recognition for his work. Readers of this journal will recognized his piece "Repairing Mountains," (2001), which won the Ray Allen Billington Prize presented by the Western History Association for the best article published outside of the Western Historical Quarterly. Prior to this, his dissertation won the Rachel Carson Prize awarded by the American Society for Environmental History.	. . .

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