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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 the fhs 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://foresthistory.org/Research/biblio.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

Alexander, Jocelyn. The Unsettled Land: State-Making and the Politics of Land in Zimbabwe, 1893–2003. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2006. x + 230 pp. Maps, bibliography, index. $24.95 cloth. Historical study of land and politics in Zimbabwe, late nineteenth through early twenty-first centuries. Argues that unequal division of land during the settler period set the stage for the dramatic land occupation upheavals of the 2000s.

Allen, David Grayson. The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Historic Landscape Preservation. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2007. x + 317 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $50.00 cloth. Examines the preservation of historic landscapes by chronicling the history of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted's "Fairstead" residence in Brookline, Massachusetts which was established in 1883, and the creation of the Olmsted National Historic Site on the property beginning in 1979.

Aronson, James, Suzanne J. Milton, and James N. Blignaut, eds. Restoring Natural Capital: Science, Business, and Practice. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2007. xiv + 384 pp. Illustrations, tables, figures, maps, bibliography, index. Publication from the Society for Ecological Restoration International, outlining strategies and practical approaches for renewing the natural systems upon which economic development depends.

Bekoff, Marc, and Cara Blessley Lowe, eds. Listening to Cougar. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2007. xxi + 200 pp. Figures, tables, notes. $24.95 cloth. Literary anthology of collected stories and narratives dealing with the relationship and interactions between humans and cougars.

Boomgaard, Peter, ed. A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. viii + 368 pp. Tables, maps, figures, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Essays on the role of water in the social, economic, political, and cultural histories in Southeast Asia.

Boyd, David R. Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003. xvi + 469 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. A critical review of the Canadian government's efforts to protect water, air, and land, and to promote biodiversity. Charges that Canada's reputation as a leader in sustainability is undeserved, and offers suggestions for improving its record.

Boyer, Diane E., and Robert H. Webb. Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2007. xiv + 289 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, index. $34.95 cloth. Account of the U. S. Geological Survey's expedition to survey the Colorado River's passage through the Grand Canyon, to obtain the first accurate survey of the river gorge and to determine locations for damming the river. Discusses the political concerns involved in the survey and its aftermath.

Bratton, Susan Power. Environmental Values in Christian Art. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. ix + 282 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. An examination of the relationship between Christ and nature portrayed in the Christian art and architecture of Europe from the third century through the seventeenth century.

Brugge, Doug, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis, eds. The Navajo People and Uranium Mining. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. xix + 210 pp. Illustrations, tables, index. Traces the cultural, legal, health, and biological effects of uranium mining among Navajo communities in the western U.S. in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Based largely on oral history interviews, the book is a product of the ten-year Navajo Uranium Miner Oral History and Photography Project based at Tufts School of Medicine.

Bulliet, Richard W. Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. 253 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $19.95 paper. Discusses the relationship of humans to wild and domestic animals as it has evolved from prehistoric times. Distinguishes between predomesticity (the period in which humans' lives were not directly involved with animals), domesticity (the period in which most people were involved in the breeding, raising, and slaughtering of animals), and postdomesticity (the period in which most humans are not directly involved in raising animals for human consumption, but still maintain direct contact with animals as pets).

Burns, Shirley Stewart. Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007. xvii + 215 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. A historical analysis of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the environment as well as its social and economic impacts on mining communities.

Chakrabarti, Ranjan, ed. Does Environmental History Matter: Shikar, Subsistence, Sustenance and the Sciences. Calcutta: Readers Services, 2006. xxxi + 216 pp.

Clifford, Deborah Pickman, and Nicholas R. Clifford. 'The Troubled Roar of the Waters': Vermont in Flood and Recovery, 1927–1931. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2007. xix + 229 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The story of the flood of 1927 that devastated Vermont, the recovery efforts, and the effects on the state's future. Discusses environmental, social, and political impact of the flood. The book views the 1920s not, as commonly assumed, a comfortable preDepression period, but as a time of rapid and destabilizing change.

Cramer, Viki A., and Richard J. Hobbs, eds. Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2007. ix + 334 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, bibliography, index. A historical look at the ecological dynamics of abandoned farmland or old fields. Draws on detailed data taken from case studies of old fields from diverse geographical regions of varying climate throughout the world looking at the causes and results over time of land abandonment.

D'Arms, Ted, Denise Levertov, and Barry Herem, contributors. Mary Randlett Landscapes. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. x + 118 pp. Illustrations, notes. A presentation of the photography of Mary Randlett, which focuses on natural landscape scenes from the United States Northwest. Includes essays on Randlett, a chronology of her life, and poetry by Denise Levertov inspired by Randlett's photographs.

Duffin, Andrew P. Plowed Under: Agriculture and Environment in the Palouse. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. xv + 240 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $30.00 cloth. An examination of the history of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho, focusing on the environmental impacts, such as soil erosion and water pollution, of the intensive agricultural growth over the course of the twentieth century.

Egan, Michael. Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival: The Remaking of American Environmentalism. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2007. xi + 283 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $28.00 cloth. An examination of modern American environmentalism and environmental activism from World War II through the end of the twentieth century, revealed through a focus on the work and influence of biologist Barry Commoner. Discusses Commoner's commitment to social activism, and his focus on the links between environmentalism and a larger vision of social justice.

Evans, Sterling. Bound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880–1950. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2007. xxiv + 314 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $42.00 cloth. Describes the effects of the U.S. and Canadian grain industry's' dependence on henequen, a plant native to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, from which the best twine for binders could be made in the days before the invention of the combine. Discusses the social, economic, political, and ecological impacts of the agricultural interdependency that henequen created between Mexico and its North American neighbors.

Freinkel, Susan. American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007. 284 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. An account of the way in which the American chestnut tree was recovered from the brink of extinction after a devastating blight in the early twentieth century. Describes the onset and result of the blight, the subsequent decimation of the trees, and the individuals who sought to restore them through a variety of techniques ranging from classical plant breeding to gene technology.

Giesecke, Annette Lucia. The Epic City: Urbanism, Utopia, and the Garden in Ancient Greece and Rome. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. xiv + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, index. $18.95. Looks at the domestication of nature in ancient Roman and Greek society, examining art and literature, as well as urban developments and gardens created by these ancient civilizations.

Gottlieb, Robert. Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. viii + 430 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $24.95, cloth. Examines the social and environmental history of Los Angeles, California through a focus on late twentieth century movements to rediscover nature and community within the city.

Hageneder, Fred. The Meaning of Trees: Botany, History, Healing, Lore. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. 224 pp. Illustrations, appendices, index. Illustrated profiles of several dozen tree families, genera, or species, including acacia, juniper, elm, banyan, and others. Each profile includes sections on "Practical Uses," "Natural Healing," and "Culture, Myth and Symbol," exploring the tree's significance for humans in a variety of geographic and historical contexts.

Hatvany, Matthew G. Marshlands: Four Centuries of Environmental Change on the Shores of the St. Lawrence. Sainte-Foy, Québec: Presses De L'Universite Laval, 2003. xxi + 184 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, notes, bibliography. Environmental history of the wetlands on the shore of the St. Lawrence River, including commercial development, drainage, the effects of human impact, and changing perceptions of environmental health.

Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Collier Hillstrom, eds. The Industrial Revolution in America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005–2007. 9 volumes. Illustrations, maps. Nine-volume series examining the role of industry in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Each volume explores a specific industry and includes discussion of origins and technology, societal and environmental impacts, reform movements, labor, and key people, places, terms, and events. Volumes are: Iron and steel; Railroads; Steam shipping; Automobiles; Mining and petroleum; Textiles; Communications; Agriculture and meatpacking; Overview/comparison.

Hughes, J. Donald. What is Environmental History? Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2006. 180 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. An overview of the field of environmental history, including a history of the field, major topics and themes, global perspectives, and future directions within the discipline.

Huxley, Anthony. Green Inheritance: Saving the Plants of the World. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005. 192 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Overview of the planet's plant species, emphasizing their value to humans as food, fuel, medicine and decoration, and discussing the threats to their future.

Jolley, Harley E. "That Magnificent Army of Youth and Peace": The Civilian Conservation Corps in North Carolina, 1933–1942. Raleigh,NC: Office of Archives and History, 2007. xiii + 167 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $29.35 paper. A history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in North Carolina between 1933 and 1942, examining camp life, successful work projects on national parks, national forests, and state parks, as well as documenting the involvement of African-Americans and Cherokee Indians in the CCC.

Josephson, Paul R. Motorized Obsessions: Life, Liberty, and the Small-Bore Engine. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xv + 258 pp. Tables, notes, index. 22.00 cloth. An examination of the history of the small-bore engine in American life and its impact on the environment through its use in powering all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and other widely used technologies.

Kalof, Linda, and Amy Fitzgerald, eds. The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings. Oxford & New York: Berg, 2007. xvi + 386 pp. Illustrations, tables. Compilation of classic and contemporary writings about animals and human-animal relationships from multiple disciplines including philosophy, anthropology, environmental studies, history, and law. Sections examine animals as philosophical and ethical subjects, reflexive thinkers, symbols, pets, spectacle and sport, and scientific objects. Writings date from the fourth century BC up through the 2000s.

Kelton, Paul. Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492–1715. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. xxii + 288 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $50.00. Examination of the relationship between the Native American slave trade and the spread of diseases such as smallpox in the colonial southeastern United States from 1492 to 1715. Looks especially at the severe biological impact of English commerce on the indigenous American populations.

Kirk, Andrew G. Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007. xiii + 303 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95 cloth. A history of The Whole Earth Catalog and its influence from the 1950s through the 1970s, through the advancement of unique counterculture environmental approaches to technological advancement, ecological design, human self-sufficiency, and sustainable living.

LaFreniere, Gilbert. The Decline of Nature: Environmental History and the Western Worldview. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press, 2007. xv + 457 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $74.95 cloth. An environmental history of Western civilization's relationship with nature and the ecological impact from early civilization through the twentieth century. Argues that colonization, Christian philosophy, modernity, economic development, and technological progress have all contributed to destructive attitudes toward nature.

Mark, Stephen R. Domain of the Cavemen: A Historic Resource Study of Oregon Caves National Monument. Oakland, CA: National Park Service, Pacific West Region, 2006. xv + 236 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, notes, bibliography, index. History of the region surrounding Oregon Caves National Monument from the mid-nineteenth century and its significance for historical resources interpretation at the site.

Melosi, Martin, ed. Environment. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xviii + 293 pp. Illustrations, index. Volume 8 of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor). Contains ninety-eight entries on topics related to the southern environment, including broad themes as well as specific subject topics examining various plants, animals, places, and individuals.

Merchant, Carolyn. American Environmental History: An Introduction. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. xxii + 480 pp. Illustrations, figures, bibliography, index. $24.50 cloth. Examines the way people have shaped and transformed the American landscape over time, and the conflicts over its resources and conservation. Covers American environmental history from precolonial Native Americans through twenty-first century global ecological concerns.

Mickulas, Peter. Britton's Botanical Empire: The New York Botanical Garden and American Botany, 1888–1929. New York: The New York Botanical Garden Press, 2007. 318 pp. Illustrations, index. A history of the creation of the New York Botanical Garden by Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1891, as well as an examination of American botany as a whole, including botanical research and botanical exploration of the western hemisphere, between the years 1888 and 1929.

Miller, Shawn William. An Environmental History of Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiii + 257 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, index. $22.99 paper. An environmental history of Latin America covering issues from ancient civilizations through the beginnings of the twenty-first century. The relationship between human culture and tropical nature is examined in topics such as plants, diseases, hurricanes, colonial trade, conservationism, and much more.

O'Brian, John, and Peter White, eds. Beyond Wilderness: The Group of Seven, Canadian Identity, and Contemporary Art. Kingston, Ontario: McGill Queen's University Press, 2007. 390 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $49.95, paper. Looks at the changing connections between landscape, Canadian identity, and art from the twentieth century through the early twenty-first century, examining how landscape representation has changed in a world of altered political, technological, and environmental circumstances.

Packard, Randall M. The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xvii + 296 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, index. $24.95 cloth. Looks at the history of malaria and its spread throughout the world, including examinations of environmental changes which continue to contribute to the spread of the disease through the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Paskoff, Paul F. Troubled Waters: Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821–1860. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007. xvii + 324 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $48.00 cloth. An examination of the U.S. government's river improvements program, designed to clear the river hazards affecting American steamboat traffic in the early to mid nineteenth century.

Phillips, Doug. Discovering Alabama Forests. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. xii + 108 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Illustrated introduction to the ecology, geology, biology, and natural history of Alabama's forests. Evaluates the forests' contributions to the state's economy over time and advocates for wise management and protection in the present and future.

Potter, Russell A. Arctic Spectacles: The Frozen North in Visual Culture, 1818–1875. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. ix + 258 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00 paper. A history of nineteenth century visual representations of the Arctic in popular culture, through such visual mediums as fine art, engravings, panoramas, photographs, and magic lantern slides.

Reill, Peter Hanns. Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005. ix + 388 pp. Notes, index, bibliography. Examines the ways key Enlightenment thinkers viewed nature, arguing that in the middle of the eighteenth century, a major shift occurred that caused many theorists to reject the prevailing doctrine of mechanism and adopt a "vitalistic" model to account for natural phenomena.

Rothenberg, David, and Wandee J. Pryor, eds. Writing on Air. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. xiv + 308 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. A wide variety of impressions and observations about the role of air in people's lives, including essays, poems, photographs and drawings.

Sawyer, John O. Northwest California: A Natural History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006. xvi + 247 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, figures, bibliography, index. A study of the geology and ecology of northwestern California from earliest times to the early twenty-first century. Discusses land use and land management, and restoration of forests, dunes, and rivers.

Scott, Amy, ed. Yosemite: Art of an American Icon. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006. 222 pp. Illustrations, index. $34.95 paper. Works of art inspired by Yosemite National Park. Two hundred illustrations that include paintings, basketry, photographs, and other works by both early and modern artists, including Native Americans. Essays discuss the relationship of environment and esthetics, and the ways in which artists have shaped the public's perception of Yosemite.

Seddon, George. The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xvii + 270 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Exploration of the relationship of Australians to their unique landscapes in the past and present. Focuses particularly on gardening and the issue of "native" and invasive species.

Simmons, Deidre. Keepers of the Records: The History of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. xvi + 360 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $80.00, cloth. A comprehensive study of the history and development of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives from 1670 through the end of the twentieth century.

Slade, Giles. Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. 330 pp. Notes, index. An examination of American consumer culture of electronics throughout the twentieth century, looking at the concept of planned obsolescence by manufacturing companies and the resulting environmental impacts from the massive amounts of electronic waste.

Strandling, David. Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. xxvii + 311 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00 cloth. An examination of the history of the Catskill Mountains of New York from the early nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century. Includes discussion of the natural landscape and its influence on art and society, as well as issues related to tourism, recreation, natural resource demand, and urban growth.

Sugihara, Neil G., et al., eds. Fire in California's Ecosystems. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006. xv + 506 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, bibliography, index. Compilation of writings on the science, ecology, and management of fire in California. Divided into three parts: Introduction to Fire Ecology; History and Ecology of Fire in California's Bioregions; and Fire Management Issues in California's Ecosystems.

Tunnell, John W., Ernesto A. Chavez, and Kim Withers, eds. Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2007. xvii + 194 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, index. An examination of the coral reefs of the southern Gulf of Mexico, along the Yucatan Peninsula, including information on their history, biodiversity, ecology, conservation, as well as natural and human environmental impacts.

Webb, Robert H., Stanley A. Leake, and Raymond M. Turner. The Ribbon of Green: Changes in Riparian Vegetation in the Southwestern United States. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2007. xiv + 462 pp. Illustrations, figures, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $75.00 cloth. A study of factors influencing the health and stability of woody wetlands in the U.S. southwest. Disputes the common belief that the areas are being decimated, and instead contends that ecological disturbances have promoted renewal.

Wilcove, David S. No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2008. 245 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. An examination of human impact on animal migration. Looks at various migratory species throughout the world and the hazards they currently face, such as pollution, development, and climate change, all of which are contributing to a decline in animal migration.

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