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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://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

Ackermann, Marsha E. Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. ix + 214 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Examines changes in daily life resulting from climate control; 1930s through 1990s in the United States.

Angus, Christopher. The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty: Wilderness Guide, Pilot, and Conservationist. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2002. xix + 265 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Biography of American conservationist Clarence Petty (b.1905), who worked as a wilderness guide, forester, District Ranger, Civilian Conservation Corps director, and aerial forest firefighter. Also discusses Petty's efforts to protect the Adirondack Park in the state of New York.

Arno, Stephen F., and Steven Allison-Bunnell. Flames in Our Forest: Disaster or Renewal? Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002. xviii + 227 pp. Illustrations, maps, index, bibliography. Studies perceptions and uses of fire in the forest; the impact of forest fire on soils, water, air, and the landscape; fire history; and the management of wildland fuels in the United States from ancient times through the twenty-first century.

Barton, Gregory Allen. Empire Forestry and the Origins of Conservationism and Environmentalism. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xiii + 192 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $55.00. The author argues that the science of ecology emerged from British colonial environmental management practices, and that the British empire forestry movement spread through India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Bravo, Michael, and Sverker Sörlin, eds. Narrating the Arctic: A Cultural History of Nordic Scientific Practices. Canton, Mass.: Science History Publications, 2002. ix + 373 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $ 39.95. Collection of essays discussing narratives of exploration and colonization. See especially "Swedish Natural History Travel in the Northern Space: From Lapland to the Arctic, 1800–1840" by Pär Eliasson, 125–154 pp.

Brockington, Dan. Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. xviii + 196 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $22.95. Investigates the struggles between the local government and indigenous populations over access to range resources on the Mkomazi Game Reserve. Late twentieth century.

Brosnan, Kathleen Anne. Uniting Mountain & Plain: Cities, Law, and Environmental Change Along the Front Range. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. xii + 276 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $29.95. Explores environmental change in and the transition of Denver, Pueblo, and Colorado Springs in Colorado from agrarian to urban communities through economic, social, and technological development. From the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Brown, R. Harold. The Greening of Georgia: The Improvement of the Environment in the Twentieth Century. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2002. 362 pp. Bibliography, index. Explores changes in land use, land restoration efforts, and improvements in water quality, air pollution, and wildlife resources in Georgia during the twentieth century.

Brubaker, John H. Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. xiii + 277 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Discusses the uses of the Susquehanna River on the east coast of the United States. Also studies the impacts of coal mining, lumbering, and hydroelectric and nuclear energy production on the river. From the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.

Cioc, Mark. The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815–2000. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002. xiii + 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $29.95. Investigates the environmental impacts of economic development, coal and chemical industries, industrialization, and engineering projects on the Rhine River in northwest Europe.

Clément, Vincent. De la Marche-Frontière Au Pays-Des-Bois: Forets, Sociétés Paysannes et Territoires en Vieille-Castille (XIe - XXe Siècle). Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 2002. 374 pp. Illustrations. "Forests, Rural Societies, and Territories in Old Castille, From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries". Text in French with a summary in English. Studies human impacts on the forest landscapes of Old Castile in Spain.

Clow, Richmond L. Chasing the Glitter: Black Hills Milling, 1874–1959. Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2002. xii + 202 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Analyzes milling and mineral-extraction processes in the Black Hills mining industry of South Dakota and Wyoming.

Coggins, Chris. The Tiger and the Pangolin: Nature, Culture, and Conservation in China. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. xi + 339 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $55.00. Studies perceptions of nature, nature reserve management, and conservation efforts in the Southeast Uplands region of China during the twentieth century. Focuses especially on tigers and pangolins.

Conefrey, Mick, and Tim Jordan. Mountain Men: A History of the Remarkable Climbers and Determined Eccentrics Who First Scaled the World's Most Famous Peaks. Reprint edition. Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo, 2002. 281 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Examines the exploits of mountaineers from around the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally published in 2001 by Boxtree.

Cooper, Susan Fenimore. Essays on Nature and Landscape. Edited by Rochelle Johnson and Daniel Patterson. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002. xxxiv + 131 pp. Notes, index. Cloth $45.00, paper $19.95. Collection of ornithological and nature writings by Susan Fenimore Cooper (1813–1894).

Dalbey, Matthew. Regional Visionaries and Metropolitan Boosters: Decentralization, Regional Planning, and Parkways During the Interwar Years. Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. 202 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. $95.00. The author argues that two conflicting ideologies—the "regionalists vision" and the "metropolitanists vision"—shaped the development of regional parkways in the United States during the period from 1921 to 1936. Dalbey defines the "regionalists vision" as one supported by visionary planners interested in promoting progressive social change, and he describes the "metropolitanists vision" as one employed by boosters and developers interested in promoting efficient economic growth. Dalbey studies the influence of these two ideologies on the planning associated with the construction of a proposed Green Mountain Parkway in the Green Mountains of Vermont and of the Skyline Drive in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park during this time frame.

DeLong, James V. Out of Bounds, Out of Control: Regulatory Enforcement at the EPA. Washington, D.C.: CATO Institute, 2002. xi + 111 pp. Tables, notes, index. Cloth $16.95; paper $8.95. Critical examination of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) enforcement of environmental laws during the late twentieth century. Includes discussion of specific cases where the author believes that the EPA arbitrarily abused regulatory policies governing the agency.

Doughty, Robin W., and Rob Fergus. The Purple Martin. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. viii + 93 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography. Addresses issues such as migration, bird protection, and the relationship between humans and purple martins in the United States from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Eliasson, Per. Skog, Makt Och Människor: En Miljöhistoria Om Svensk Skog 1800–1875. Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, 2002. 455 pp. Illustrations. "Forests, Power and Human Beings—Silviculture in Sweden." Text in Swedish with a summary in English. Examines the introduction of silviculture in Sweden from 1800 to 1875.

Enterline, James Robert. Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. xx + 342 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Based on a chronological survey of early maps, the author argues that geographical information on the Arctic region gathered by Eskimos and Norse colonists in Greenland contributed to Europeans' knowledge of America. From the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries.

Fetzer, Leland. A Good Camp: Gold Mines of Julian and the Cuyamacas. San Diego, Calif.: Sunbelt Publications, 2002. 104 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographical references, index. Studies the origin of gold discoveries in San Diego County, California, and the subsequent gold rush. Also reviews the history of mines, mining, and milling in the region. Nineteenth century.

Fox, Nicols. Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002. xvii + 405 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $25.00. Includes discussions on the life and work of artists and writers who were against technological development out of concern for the environment during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe and the United States.

Giles-Vernick, Tamara. Cutting the Vines of the Past: Environmental Histories of the Central African Rain Forest. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2002. xiii + 293 pp. Map, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $49.50, paper $19.50. Ethnohistorical study of the indigenous Mpiemu peoples' conception of their past and present relationship with the forested environment they inhabit in the Sangha River Basin of the Central African Republic. The author asserts that other African indigenous populations, European colonial officials, Christian missionaries, and modern conservation and environmental organizations all impacted the Mpiemu's perceptions of environmental change over the course of the twentieth century.

Glennon, Robert Jerome. Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002. x + 314 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Cloth $25.00. Investigates the cultural and legal aspects of water use, and the environmental impacts of groundwater pumping in the United States. From the late nineteenth century to 2001.

Grob, Gerald N. The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002. x + 349 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $35.00. Studies the relationships between society, environment, and human health in the United States. From pre-Columbian times through the twentieth century.

Hanson, Elizabeth. Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. x + 243 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $29.95. History of zoological parks in the United States; nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discusses changing policies in wildlife collecting, in the construction and presentation of animal habitats in zoos, and in the conservation philosophy and practices of American zoos.

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. xii + 175 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Includes discussions on immigrant settlement patterns on the barrier island of Galveston, Texas, despite environmental constraints. From the 1840s through the 1990s.

Hassrick, Peter H. Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park. Los Angeles, Calif.: Autry Museum of Western Heritage in association with University of Washington Press, 2002. xv + 248 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Studies the artistic response to Yellowstone National Park in paintings, sketches, watercolors, and lithographs during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Heavily illustrated.

Helmreich, Anne. The English Garden and National Identity: The Competing Styles of Garden Design, 1870–1914. New York, N.Y. Cambridge University Press, 2002. xviii + 282 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Cloth $80.00. Explores the debate over the different styles and forms of garden design and examines why the garden was promoted as a symbol of national identity in England.

Hinton, David, trans. Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 2002. xxi + 295 pp. Map, notes, bibliography. Cloth $ 28.00. Translations of ancient Chinese wilderness poetry. From the fifth century C.E. through the thirteenth century.

Hornaday, William Temple. The Extermination of the American Bison. Reissue ed. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. xxiii + 367–548 pp. + xxi pp. of plates. Illustrations, notes, selected bibliography. $24.95. Originally published in the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1889); the original pagination has been maintained in this reissue edition. Includes a new introduction by Hanna Rose Shell and a foreword by John Mack Faragher. This study resulted from a specimen collection trip to Montana taken by William Hornaday (1854–1937), chief taxidermist for the Smithsonian, in 1889. Discusses the natural distribution, habitat, and behavior of the American bison.

Jackson, Robert Bradley. The Earth Remains Forever: Generations at a Crossroads. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. xviii + 169 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Paper $19.95. The author reviews problems of ozone depletion, habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and global warming associated with population growth and natural resources consumption in the United States during the twentieth century.

Jacobson, Mark Zachary. Atmospheric Pollution: History, Science, and Regulation. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xi + 399 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. Paper $50.00. Covers topics such as the discovery of atmospheric chemicals; history and regulation of urban air pollution; effects of meteorology on air pollution; international regulation of urban smog; indoor air pollution; ozone reduction; the greenhouse effect and global warming. From the nineteenth century to 2000.

Knott, John Ray. Imagining Wild America. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. xvi + 236 pp. Notes, index. Investigates perceptions of wilderness in the works of nature writers John James Audubon (1785–1851), Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), John Muir (1838–1914), Edward Abbey (1927–1989), Wendell Berry (b.1934), and Mary Oliver (b.1935).

Kohler, Robert E. Landscapes & Labscapes: Exploring the Lab-Field Border in Biology. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xv + 326 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $22.00. Discusses the revived interest in natural history and ecology, and the development of field biology in the United States from the 1890s to the 1950s.

Lillard, David Edwin. Appalachian Trail Names: Origins of Place Names Along the AT. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2002. xii + 148 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Paper $16.95. Explains the origins of approximately eleven hundred place names along the Appalachian Trail, listed in alphabetical order.

Lott, Dale F. American Bison: A Natural History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. xvi + 229 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95. A detailed examination of the physiology, ecology, and life history of the North American bison. Discusses bison behaviors and habitats, buffalo interactions with other grassland-dwelling animal species, and bison hunting by humans during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.

McCool, Daniel. Native Waters: Contemporary Indian Water Settlements and the Second Treaty Era. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002. xv + 237 pp. Notes, index. $45.00. Studies water rights settlements between the U.S. government and Native Americans that have been negotiated during the last two decades, and analyzes the implications of this recent federal emphasis on settling cases before they go to trial for the future water rights of American Indians. Includes some background history on European-Native American water rights disputes.

Nelson, George. My First Years in the Fur Trade: The Journals of 1802–1804. Edited by Laura Lynn Peers and Theresa M. Schenck. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. vii +234 pp. Illustrations, map, bibliography, index. Examines the journals of George Nelson (1786–1859), fur trade clerk for Sir Alexander Mackenzie's XY Company in the Great Lakes region of North America.

Olwig, Kenneth. Landscape, Nature, and the Body Politic: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. xxxii + 299 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $65.00, paper $24.95. Studies the impact of the artistic and political representation of landscape on art, literature, national identity, racism, and gender relations in colonial America, Germany, and Great Britain, from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.

Pearson, Byron E. Still the Wild River Runs: Congress, the Sierra Club, and the Fight to Save Grand Canyon. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002. xxii + 246 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, selected bibliography, index. $45.00. The author presents evidence suggesting that political deal-making among members of the U.S. Congress rather than grassroots environmental activism fomented by the Sierra Club ultimately prevented the construction of dams in the Grand Canyon during the 1960s.

Perrow, Martin R., and Anthony J. Davy, eds. Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Volume 1: Principles of Restoration. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 444 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, notes, references, index. $100.00. Describes the basic principles of restoration ecology, covering topics related to the rehabilitation, enhancement, and creation of aquatic or terrestrial habitats. Volume 1 in a two-volume set; Volume 2 (Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Volume 2: Restoration in Practice) provides examples of actual restoration projects and includes a slight historical perspective.

Perrow, Martin R., and Anthony J. Davy, eds. Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Volume 2: Restoration in Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvii + 599 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, notes, references, index. $100.00. Essays discuss cultural and political attitudes toward restoration, and policies and legislative issues associated with restoration projects undertaken in regions around the world. Includes case studies of restoration practices associated with a broad range of biomes, including: marine and coastal ecosystems, seagrasses, coral reefs and dunes, beaches, saltmarshes, rivers and streams, lakes, wetlands, heathlands, grasslands, prairies, woodlands, moist and dry forests, savannas, and the Polar tundra. Some essays briefly discuss human impact on the environment. Volume 2 in a two-volume set; Volume 1 (Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Volume 1: Principles of Restoration) describes the basic principles of restoration ecology.

Pfister, Christian, ed. Am Tag danach: Zur Bewältigung von Naturkatastrophen in der Schweiz 1500–2000. Bern, Switzerland: Paul Haupt, 2002. 263 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies, index. "On the Day After: The Accomplishment of Natural Catastrophes in Switzerland, 1500–2000." Text in German. Collection of essays on the social impact of floods, avalanches, landslides, and fires in Switzerland between 1500 and 2000.

Raffles, Hugh. In Amazonia: A Natural History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. xiii + 302 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $17.95. Analyzes the production of scientific knowledge about Amazonia from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Also explores the accounts of indigenous peoples of Igarapé Guariba in Brazil about the transformation to the fluvial landscape during the late twentieth century.

Reeve, William C. Peter M. Pringle: Master Decoy Maker. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. 224 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Examines the life and work of Canadian wood-carver Peter M. Pringle (1878–1953), maker of hunting duck decoys.

Reid, John Phillip. Contested Empire: Peter Skene Ogden and the Snake River Expeditions. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xiii + 258 pp. Illustration, map, notes, bibliography, index. Examines the 1824–1825 fur-gathering expedition in the Snake River Valley of Idaho led by Canadian fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company Peter Skene Ogden (1790–1854).

Ricketts, Edward Flanders. Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts. Edited by Katharine Anne Rodger. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002. liv + 283 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Cloth $39.95. Examines the life and correspondence of American marine biologist Edward Flanders Ricketts (1896–1948), and his friendship with American author John Steinbeck (1902–1968).

Ringholz, Raye Carleson. Uranium Frenzy: Saga of the Nuclear West. Revised and expanded edition. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2002. xiii + 344 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Paper $19.95. Addresses issues such as the health impacts of uranium mining and nuclear testing, and nuclear waste disposal in the Four Corners Region (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) during the twentieth century.

Rozwadowski, Helen M. The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science Under ICES. Copenhagen: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea in association with University of Washington Press, 2002. ix + 410 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $50.00. Reviews the history of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and its accomplishments in fishery management, international regulations, and marine research during the twentieth century.

Shiva, Vandana. Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit. Cambridge, Mass.: South End Press, 2002. xvi + 156 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. Discusses the effects of water resources development, water pollution, and privatizing water distribution upon water supply, especially in the Middle East and India, during the twentieth century.

Simpson, John Warfield. Yearning for the Land: A Search for the Importance of Place. New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 2002. 291 pp. Maps, bibliography. Cloth $24.00. The author investigates people's relationship with the landscape by retracing nature writer John Muir's (1838–1914) journey from his homeland in Cockburnspath, Scotland, to Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Singer, Jonathan W. Broken Trusts: The Texas Attorney General Versus the Oil Industry, 1889–1909. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2002. 360 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Cloth $49.95. Examines the efforts of the Texas Attorney General's Office to enforce antitrust laws and to regulate the petroleum industry in Texas.

Slack, Paul, and Ryk Ward, eds. The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002. xi + 295 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth $74.00. Collection of essays discussing the impact of population growth, land settlements, and agriculture on the British landscape. From ancient times to 2000.

Smil, Vaclav. The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002. viii + 346 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, indexes. Cloth $32.95. Includes discussions of the human impact on the biosphere's physics, chemistry, biology, geology, oceanography, energy, climatology, and ecology. From ancient times to 2000.

Smith, Nigel J. H. Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. xii + 281 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth: $39.95. Discusses the impact of urbanization, market integration, and technological development on the landscape and on the use of plant and animal resources in the Amazon estuary. From the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Stuart, David C. The Plants that Shaped Our Gardens. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002. 208 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Discusses the ways in which plant species from around the world influenced garden design. From the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Sturgeon, Stephen Craig. The Politics of Western Water: The Congressional Career of Wayne Aspinall. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002. xxii + 243 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $45.00. Examines the congressional career of Colorado representative Wayne Aspinall (1896–1983), who worked to develop water resources and water projects in Colorado to foster the economic growth of the state.

Tantillo, Astrida Orle. The Will to Create: Goethe's Philosophy of Nature. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. xii + 241 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Examines German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's (1749–1832) concept of nature and his contributions to botany, meteorology, zoology, and physics.

Thoreau, Henry David. Wild Apples and Other Natural History Essays. Edited by William John Rossi. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002. xxvii + 236 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $45.00, paper $19.95. Collection of essays by nature writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) discussing the natural history of Massachusetts.

Waldau, Paul. The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002. xvi + 303 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Analyzes discriminatory views against animals in Buddhist and Christian religious traditions. From ancient times through the twentieth century.

Young, James Albert, and B. Abbott Sparks. Cattle in the Cold Desert. Expanded edition. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2002. xv + 317 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Paper $19.95. Investigates the interaction of ranchers with the grasslands environment and the environmental impacts of cattle grazing in the Great Basin from the 1860s through the 1890s. United States.

Young, James Albert, and Charlie D. Clements. Purshia: The Wild and Bitter Roses. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2002. xiii + 266 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth $39.95. Examines the evolution, origins and ecophysiology of Purshia plant species, which includes antelope bitterbrush, desert bitterbrush, and cliffrose. Also examines the impacts of insects, plant diseases, granivores, overgrazing, and wildfires on Purshia species, and the role of Purshia species in range management and ruminant nutrition in the Great Basin of the United States. Twentieth century.

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