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Biblioscope

An Archival Guide & Bibliography

Theses and Dissertations

Azelvandre, John Paul. "Forging the Bonds of Sympathy: Spirituality, Individualism and Empiricism in the Ecological Thought of Liberty Hyde Bailey and Its Implications for Environmental Education." Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 2001. 307 pp. Biographical study of American botanist, educator, and horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954). Asserts that Bailey's environmental philosophy and conception of environmental ethics has important implications for modern environmental education.

Bailey, Rebecca J. "Matewan Before the Massacre: Politics, Coal, and the Roots of Conflict in Mingo County, 1793–1920." Ph.D. dissertation, West Virginia University, 2001. 556 pp. Social history of Matewan, West Virginia, reviewing the impact of cultural, economic, and political conditions on labor relations within the region's coal mining industry. Argues that the complex history of social conflict in the area contributed to the violent "Matewan Massacre" in Mingo County on 19 May 1920.

Crutcher, Michael Eugene, Jr. "Protecting 'Place' in African-American Neighborhoods: Urban Public Space, Privatization, and Protest in Louis Armstrong Park and the Treme, New Orleans." Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 2001. 218 pp. Examines the struggle of an African-American community in New Orleans, Louisiana, to directly influence the development and use of Louis Armstrong Park in the neighborhood of Treme; their main goal being to maintain the sense of place traditionally associated with the city's African-American culture.

Herron, John Paul. "The Reality of Living: Science, Gender and Nature in American Culture, 1865–1965." Ph.D. dissertation (History), University of New Mexico, 2001. xi + 294 pp. Examines the contributions of geologist Clarence King (1842–1901), forester Robert Marshall (1901–1939), and biologist Rachel Carson (1907–1964) in shaping perceptions of nature in the United States.

Klingle, Matthew William. "Urban by Nature: An Environmental History of Seattle, 1880–1970." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 2001. 505 pp. Examines the ways in which city planners, developers, and residents altered the landscape of this city in Washington State over the course of a century.

Knight, Carole Lynn Auer. "Survival of the Forest: The Evolution of Forest Park as a Reflection of the Social and Cultural Dynamics of St. Louis." Ph.D. dissertation, Saint Louis University, 2001. 234 pp. On the planning, development, and changing uses of Forest Park in Saint Louis, Missouri. Studies a number of historical events that led to changes in the social and cultural "sense of place" associated with this public green space from the time of its establishment in 1876 through the end of the twentieth century.

Latty, Erika Ford. "Interactions Between Land-Use History, Nitrogen Cycling, and Beech Bark Disease in Northern Hardwood Forests." Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 2001. 166 pp. Examines changes in the forest composition of old-growth and previously disturbed forests in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York and in northern Maine during the twentieth century. The author argues that disturbance history can greatly impact soil carbon and nitrogen levels in forests, thus influencing forest health. Looks especially at the health of the American beech and red spruce tree species in these regions.

Low, Russanne Dorothy. "Culture and Climate: The Role of Human Impact and Other Forcing Factors in the Development of Forest Structure and Composition in the Mid- to Late Holocene of Central Europe." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 2001. 388 pp. Uses palaeoecology methodology to study the impact of human land use and climate change on the forest composition and forest cover of Central Europe during the Holocene epoch. Focuses especially on pollen evidence and sediment cores gathered from lakes and fens in southern Bavaria, Germany.

McGuinness, Aims C. "In the Path of Empire: Labor, Land, and Liberty in Panama During the California Gold Rush, 1848–1860." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 2001. 199 pp. Analyzes the influence of the California gold rush on economic development in Panama, which served as a transportation nexus for thousands of people wanting to reach California via a quick route. Discusses a riot in Panama City in 1858 that symbolized the contentious relationship between the indigenous population and U.S. capitalists seeking control over Panamanian transportation networks.

Milazzo, Paul Charles. "Legislating the Solution to Pollution: Congress and the Development of Water Pollution Control Policy, 1945–1972." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia, 2001. 910 pp. Political history of water pollution control in the United States during this era. Argues that although environmental activism by grassroots organizations and concerned citizens did have an influence on the development of water pollution control policy, the U.S. Congress primarily followed internal priorities and pragmatic political agendas in drafting environmental initiatives, such as the Clean Water Act of 1972.

Miller, Susan A. "Girls in Nature/the Nature of Girls: Transforming Female Adolescence at Summer Camp, 1900–1939." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2001. 293 pp. Studies the validity of the premise that the summer camping experience helped shape the physical and emotional development of adolescent girls attending summer camp in the United States during this era. This premise is based upon the assumption that adult counselors served as role models for girls and that young women's interaction with and recreation in the natural environment built character and taught responsibility, thus easing the transition into adulthood.

Pompper, Donnalyn. "Framing the Public Policy Issue of Environmental Risk, 1983–1997." Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University, 2001. 333 pp. Asserts that environmental reporting in USA Today, the New York Times, and in the National Enquirer over this fifteen-year period showed a limited focus on ideas associated with environmental risks and reflected a very narrow range of environmental concerns.

Scarano, V. Martin. "Land of the Bull Thistle: An Environmental History of Hamilton, New York and the Surrounding Area." Master's thesis, Colgate University, 1996. 92 pp. Investigates the evolution of land use, land use ethics, and land ownership in and around Hamilton, New York, from the late seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

Stroud, Ellen Frances. "The Return of the Forest: Urbanization and Reforestation in the Northeastern United States." Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 2001. 184 pp. Suggests that urban growth, the establishment of parks, changes in farming practices, and the growth of the timber industry all contributed to the reforestation of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Maine during the period from 1890 to 1930.

Wheeler, Jerry L. "Fish, Pheasants and Politics: Paul McNutt and the Popularization of Conservation in 1930s Indiana." Master's thesis, Indiana University, 2002. vi + 149 pp. Examines the efforts of the director of the Indiana Department of Conservation, Richard Lieber (1869–1944), and the Governor of Indiana, Paul McNutt (1891–1955), to establish an organized network of conservation clubs.

Wilson, Anne Elizabeth. "Michigan Iron Ore Mining Safety: Policies and Fatalities, 1880–1979." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University, 2001. 227 pp. Examines the number of deaths resulting from iron ore mining in Michigan's Marquette Iron Range during this period and studies the influence of concerns about worker in the industry after 1920.

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