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Biblioscope
An Archival Guide & Bibliography
THE FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY (FHS) maintains an extensive computerized data bank of published sources related to environmental history. The biblioscope section of this journal includes just a selection of the new information that theFHS library adds to that data bank each quarter. The library indexes all entries in the data bank by topic, chronological period, and geographical area. The library staff will gladly provide additional information about particular items you see in this section or information on other topics from the data bank. The library is happy to respond to requests for full bibliographies or lists of archival collections that may be useful for specific research projects. The unabridged version of this Biblioscope is available on our website at http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/ehbiblio.html.
The compiler also welcomes information about relevant publications that the staff may have missed, including books, theses, and dissertations. The compiler particularly welcomes photocopies of relevant articles. The use of brackets in the following citations indicates that although the publication did not include the information, the compiler has added it.
Contact us by mail at Biblioscope, Forest History Society, 701 Wm. Vickers Avenue, Durham NC 27701 USA, or by telephone at 919/682-9319.
Books
| Anfinson, John O. The River We Have Wrought: A History of the Upper Mississippi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Discusses water engineering projects undertaken to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River since the early nineteenth century. Includes discussion of local politics that shaped such projects and environmental concerns about the effects of water engineering on the river's ecosystem.Beckey, Fred. Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 2003. xvi + 527 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $40.00. History of European and American discovery and exploration of wilderness areas in the northern Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Focuses especially on the nineteenth century. Recounts information about terrain, geographic features, and environmental conditions recorded in the logs, journals, and diaries of explorers, sea captains, mountaineers, trappers, surveyors, fur traders, railroad builders, timber barons, tourists, settlers, prospectors, foresters, and park rangers.Bonta, Mark. Seven Names for the Bellbird: Conservation Geography in Honduras. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. xii + 231 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. $35.00. Argues that indigenous populations have a long tradition of peaceful interaction with and observance of birds native to Honduras. Looks at symbolic reverence for avian species, especially the bellbird, evident in folklore and in customary natural resource utilization practices, which have tended more often than not, in the author's judgment, to promote biodiversity conservation. See especially chapter two, "Historical and Geographical Background," which examines human-avian relationships from the late fifteenth century through the late twentieth century.Bullard, Mary R. Cumberland Island: A History. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003. xx + 415 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95. History of this island located off the coast of Georgia in the southern United States documenting land use, landscape change, and human impact on the environment from the sixteenth through the late twentieth centuries.Charlip, Julie A. Cultivating Coffee: The Farmers of Carazo, Nicaragua, 1880–1930. Ohio University Research in International Studies, Latin America Series No. 39. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003. xiv + 288 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Economic history of the coffee growing industry in Carazo, Nicaragua, focusing on the small and medium-sized agricultural operations of coffee farmers during this early boom period.Chevalier, Jacques M., and Andrés Sanchez Bain. The Hot and the Cold: Ills of Humans and Maize in Native Mexico. Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, 2003. xxii + 301 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00. Ethnobotanical study of folk mythology associating healing practices with corn cultivation in the Nahuan culture of Veracruz, Mexico, focusing especially on the Popoluca Indians. Examines the traditional beliefs of such indigenous peoples that shaped perceptions about human relationships with plants, animals, land, and spirits.Choukas-Bradley, Melanie. Sugarloaf: The Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural Lore. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003. xiii + 114 pp. Illustrations, notes, suggested reading list, index. Local- and natural-history guidebook to this mountain in Maryland. Includes discussion of land use; nature conservation; flora and fauna; geological features; outdoor recreation opportunities; and settlement in the area, especially since the early eighteenth century.. . . |
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