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Biblioscope
An Archival Guide & Bibliography
Articles
| Alexander, Thomas G. "Red Rock and Gray Stone: Senator Reed Smoot, the Establishment of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, and the Rebuilding of Downtown Washington, D.C." Pacific Historical Review 72 (February 2003): 1-38. Examines Senator Reed Smoot's (1862-1941) environmental legacy as a politician. Focuses especially on three aspects of his career, including the establishment of Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks and the rebuilding of downtown Washington, D.C.Alley, Bill. "Medford Corporation." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 94 (Winter 2002/ 2003): 5354. Brief twentieth-century history of Medford Corporation, formerly the Owen-Oregon Lumber Company, discussing the various companies it absorbed and the sawmills and logging railroads it owned or used. Also describes the archival records in the Medford Corporation Collection, held by the Southern Oregon Historical Society in Medford, Oregon.Alvard, Michael S. "Evolutionary Theory, Conservation, and Human Environmental Impact." In Wilderness and Political Ecology: Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature, edited by Charles E. Kay and Randy T. Simmons. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2002. 2843 pp. Anthropological study of evolutionary ecology examining the role conservation played in interactions between native peoples and the natural resources of North and South America prior to European settlement.Anderson, Kai S. "The Climate Policy Debate in the U.S. Congress." In Climate Change Policy: A Survey, edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Armin Rosencranz, and John O. Niles. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002. 235250 pp. Asserts that the William Jefferson Clinton presidential administration was unable to effectively impact debates over climate change policy in the 106th U.S. Congress (19992000). Includes discussion of scientific, legislative, and diplomatic events.André, Cynthia, and Paul Redfearn. "Missouri Ferns." Missouri Conservationist 64 (March 2003): 49. History, descriptions, and uses of ferns. Focuses especially on ferns native to Missouri and includes several photos of the plant species.Appuhn, Karl. "Politics, Perception, and the Meaning of Landscape in Late Medieval Venice: Marco Cornaro's 1442 Inspection of Firewood Supplies." In Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe, edited by John Howe and Michael Wolfe. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. 7088 pp. Examines the reasons leading up to and the information contained in Marco Cornaro's (14061479) 1442 forest survey of Venice, Italy. Cornaro conducted the survey to determine the cause of a declining firewood supply.Archer, Sean. "Technology and Ecology in the Karoo: A Century of Windmills, Wire and Changing Farming Practice." In South Africa's Environmental History: Cases & Comparisons, edited by Stephen Dovers, Ruth Edgecombe, and Bill Guest. Series in Ecology and History. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003. 112138 pp. On the environmental impacts of western innovations in agricultural technology, such as the use of paddock fencing to control livestock grazing patters and the use of windmills to maximize water resources for livestock, employed during the late nineteenth century in the Sneeuberg mountain region of the Karoo plateau in South Africa.Ascione, Salvo, and Gabriella Corona. "Activités humaines et ressources naturelles à Naples au XXe siècle: l'exemple du complexe industriel de Bagnoli." In Le Démon Moderne: La pollution dans le sociétés urbaines et industrielles d'Europe, edited by Christoph Bernhardt and Geneviève Massard-Guilbaud. Clermont-Ferrand (France): Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2002. 351-374 pp. Text in French. "Human Activities and Natural Resources in Naples in the 20th Century: The Example of the Industrial Complex of Bagnoli."Asmussen, Brit. "An Archaeological Assessment of Rain Forest Occupation in Northeast Queensland, Australia." In Under the Canopy: The Archaeology of Tropical Rain Forests, edited by Julio Mercader. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2003. 191216 pp. Examines palynological, paleoecological, and archaeological evidence of human adaptation to and impact on the rainforest environment of Queensland, Australia, during prehistoric times.Banks, J. C. G. "Wollemi Pine: Tree Find of the 20th Century." In Australia's Ever-changing Forests V: Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Australian Forest History, edited by John Dargavel, Denise Gaughwin, and Brenda Libbis. Canberra, A.C.T.: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University, in association with the Australian Forest History Society Inc., 2002. 8589 pp. On the 1994 discovery and subsequent official classification of a new conifer genusWollemi pinein Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, Australia, by park ranger David Noble.. . . |
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