Conservation of the environment Books
Rutgers University Press Rachel Carson and Her Sisters Extraordinary Women
Book SynopsisOn the fiftieth anniversary of her death, this book helps underscore Carson’s enduring environmental legacy and brings to life the achievements of women writers and advocates, such as Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Terry Tempest Williams, Sandra Steingraber, Devra Davis and Theo Colborn, all of whom overcame obstacles to build and lead the modern American environmental movement.Trade Review"Musil uses the life and writings of Rachel Carson as an exemplar of women's participation in the American environmental movement. He places Carson's achievements in contexts by illuminating...the lives of trailblazing female scientists who inspired her and for whom she, in turn, paved the way. Extremely well-researched." * Foreword Reviews *"An eloquent and moving tribute to the women at the heart and soul of the environmental movement. It is a story of brilliant science, courage, stamina, and a passion for life. We are in debt beyond counting to them and to Robert Musil for telling their stories so well." -- David W. Orr * Oberlin College *"This is a long overdue book, giving great credit to the long line of women who have done so much to shape our culture's view of the world around us and of our prospects in it. We desperately need that culture to heed their words!" -- Bill McKibben * author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist *"A vibrant, engaging account of the women who preceded and followed Rachel Carson’s efforts to promote environmental and human health. In exquisite detail, Musil narrates the brilliant careers and efforts of pioneering women from the 1850s onward to preserve nature and maintain a healthy environment. Anyone interested in women naturalists, activists, and feminist environmental history will welcome this compelling, beautifully-written book." -- Carolyn Merchant * author of Earthcare: Women and the Environment *"Bob Musil brilliantly documents the rich trajectory of women’s intellectual and political influence, not just on environmentalism but on public policy and activism. Musil offers fascinating details of Rachel Carson’s struggles to be taken seriously as a scientist and unearths the stories of the women—unsung heroes all—who influenced her. A must read for anyone interested in American history, science and environmental politics." -- Heather White * Executive Director, the Environmental Working Group *"A treasure! A welcome discovery of the linkages among profoundly caring, ecologically-aware women across time, and the truths of our ecological crisis. Musil shows clear-eyed science and heartfelt story-telling are not mutually exclusive." -- Rebecca Wodder * former President and CEO of American Rivers *"Bob Musil provides an important contribution to the history of the environmental movement. He paints a compelling portrait of Rachel Carson and the remarkable women who preceded her and who continue her legacy. He reminds us of the struggles and achievements of Ms. Carson and, just as significantly, the pivotal and courageous role that women have played in fighting for a safer and healthier world." -- Tom Udall * US Senator, New Mexico *"With deep grounding in women's history, environmentalism, and public health—and, just as importantly, with great reverence—Musil introduces us to a pantheon of remarkable women, true heroines every one. This book offers a new perspective, countless wonderful stories, and inspiration. A great read!" -- Howard Frumkin * Dean, University of Washington School of Public Health *"This book is one-of-a-kind. Musil provides a remarkable new perspective on the role of individual women in the US environmental movement." -- Cathy Middlecamp * University of Wisconsin-Madison *"An absolutely wonderful book! Bob Musil shows Rachel Carson not as a lone voice, but an eloquent one who drew inspiration from female predecessors and those around her. He argues persuasively that we can understand Carson better if we see her in relation to other women, to the broader environmental movement, and to working in community. Should be required reading for anyone interested in where we have been, and where we need to go." -- Geoffrey Chase * author of Sustainability in Higher Education *"Rachel Carson is only the best-known example amidst an inspiring cast of pioneering and modern women environmental leaders that Musil brings to life. Readable, reliable, and rousing—a book for anyone who cares about America’s past and future." -- Gene Karpinski * President and CEO of the League of Conservation Voters *"In Rachel Carson and Her Sisters,Musil fills the gap by placing Carson's achievements in a wider context, weaving connections from the past through the present. Readers will find new insight into Carson and contemporary figures she influenced...who have historically received less attention. Musil's respect and enthusiasm for these women is evident throughout the book, making it a deeply engaging and enjoyable read. A valuable addition to scholarship on Rachel Carson, female environmentalists, and the American environmental movement in general.Highly recommended. All academic and general readers." * Choice *"Rachel Carson and Her Sisters makes a number of important contributions to both environmental history and women’s history. Musil’s genius is weaving his intriguing, thoroughly researched mini-biographies of individual women into a cohesive larger story of overlapping and mutually reinforcing actions and ideas." * Environmental History *"In celebrating Rachel Carson's work, Musil takes on the important task of contextualizing this environmental luminary within a tradition of women's research, activism, and authorship." * Women's Review of Books *“Musil concludes that ‘those who pollute and plunder have huge resources at their command. They challenge serious science, real reform, and . . . block every reasonable effort to build a better, healthier environment for our children and generations yet to come.’ Nevertheless, ‘their sway is slowly, steadily, being reduced over time by the determination of ordinary citizens. . . . We can draw inspiration and leadership from the long line of American women who somehow defied the cinched circumstances and enervated expectations for their gender to become extraordinary leaders of many kinds. They have brought us thus far,’ and ‘we can start now down the path that they have set before us.’ People who want to learn more about this path can turn to Rachel Carson and Her Sisters for a richly detailed, documented, and eloquent history—a ground-breaking account of undaunted American women, determined to prevent environmental catastrophe.” -- Lawrence Wittner * Huffington Post *“Musil...contextualize[s] Silent Spring as the culmination of decades of work by other women in science, who were consistently overlooked, under-appreciated and dismissed by their male peers and institutions. These ladies ranged from Victorian garden observers to die-hard chemists and marine biologists. ‘They are tied together by a fierce sense of activism’ and beautiful writing.... Their writing is what drew Musil in. He too wants ‘people to connect with science in an approachable way.’” * Sierra Club Greenlife *“A great read for anybody who is interested in learning about Rachel Carson’s role in a delicate web of connections that makes up the environmental movement. Also, if anybody is interested in the human aspect, the personal lives, and the trials of each of these women, this book certainly will deliver. […] Musil has stitched together a wonderful collection of true stories about the amazing women who have changed, and are continuing to change, the way we see the world.” * The Prairie Naturalist *"Musil sets Carson's life and contributions within the context of accomplished women who share Carson's dual strengths as scientists and as writers … This is a book to whet the appetite for more." * Friends Journal *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Have You Seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's Mother and the Tradition of Women Naturalists 2. Don't Harm the People: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Their Heirs Take On Polluting Industries 3. Carson and Her Sisters: Rachel Carson Did Not Act Alone 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ecological Empathy 5. The Environment around Us and inside Us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, Pollution, and Public Policy 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: Endocrine Disruption and Ethics Epilogue Notes Index
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Rutgers University Press The Price of Nuclear Power Uranium Communities
Book SynopsisRising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. Environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.Trade Review"A vanguard contribution to examining the pitfalls of alt-energy zeal. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"This book is written to be accessible to broad audiences with an interest in the intersection of energy and society, as well as academic audiences interested in rural sociology, environmental sociology, or other related fields." * Rural Sociology *"Malin provides a compassionate and intriguing ethnography of communities harmed by uranium mining and milling, of government duplicity in covering up hazards, and of the inspiring citizen science with which opponents have mapped cancer clusters and conducted health surveys. This book helps us understand how uranium production, along with other harmful energy production can beget structural violence, disease, and perpetuate inequalities." -- Phil Brown * University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences Northeastern University *"An enjoyable and accessible book, The Price of Nuclear Power provides great insight into the central problem facing natural resource communities across the globe, and is rich in ethnographic details that focus on environmental inequalities." -- Brian Mayer * professor of environmental sociology, University of Arizona *"Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy" by Stephanie Malin * The Conversation *"Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice" by Stephanie A. Malin * The Defense Post *"The Price of Nuclear Power powerfully documents how isolation and poverty drive residents to support uranium milling despite its health risks. The voices of all sides of the complex debate ring out from Malin’s surveys and interviews." * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsContents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: The Paradox of Uranium Production in a Neoliberal Era2 Booms, Busts, and Bombs: Uranium’s Economic and Environmental Justice History in the US3 Lethal Legacies in Uranium Communities: Left in the Dust in Monticello, Utah4 The Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: A Transnational Corporation Comes Home5 ‘Just Hangin’ on by a Thread’: Isolation, Poverty, and Social Dislocation6 ‘Better Regs’ in an Era of Deregulation: Neoliberalized Narratives of Regulatory Compliance7 Conclusions and Solutions: Social Sustainability and Localized Energy JusticeAppendix: Research Methods and Data CollectionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press The Price of Nuclear Power Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice Nature Society and Culture
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Rutgers University Press Fractured Communities Risk Impacts and Protest
Book SynopsisIn Fractured Communities, Anthony E. Ladd and other leading environmental sociologists present a set of crucial case studies analyzing the differential risk perceptions, socio-environmental impacts, and mobilization of citizen protest (or quiescence) surrounding unconventional energy development and hydraulic fracking in a number of key U.S. shale regions. Trade Review“Fractured Communities is a rigorous, innovative, and informative piece of work, consisting of an impressive list of authors and exceptional scholarship.” -- Thomas Shriver * North Carolina State University *"This well-crafted collection of chapters by a number of distinguished researchers addresses some of the most pressing environmental and social problems of our day. Fractured Communities is required reading for those interested in the impacts of energy development on the environment and communities." -- Richard York * director and professor of environmental studies, University of Oregon *"Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Fractured Communities reveals how this contested terrain is expanding, pushing the issue of fracking into the mainstream of the American political arena." * Environmental Sociology Newsletter *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Energy Matters 1 Anthony E. Ladd 1 Natural Gas Fracking on Public Lands: The Trickle-down Impacts of Neoliberalism in Ohio’s Utica Shale Region 38 Sherry Cable 2 This (Gas) Land Is Your (Truth) Land? Documentary Films and Cultural Fracturing in Prominent Shale Communities 60 Ion Bogdan Vasi 3 Disturbing the Dead: Community Concerns over Fracking below a Cemetery in the Utica Shale Region 85 Carmel E. Price and James N. Maples 4 Mobilizing against Fracking: Marcellus Shale Protest in Pittsburgh 107 Suzanne Staggenborg 5 Engines, Sentinels, and Objects: Assessing the Impacts of Unconventional Energy Development on Animals in the Marcellus Shale Region 128 Cameron Thomas Whitley 6 Motivational Frame Disputes Surrounding Natural Gas Fracking in the Haynesville Shale 149 Anthony E. Ladd 7 Denial, Disinformation, and Delay: Recreancy and Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma’s Shale Plays 173 Ta mara L. Mix and Da kota K. T. Raynes 8 Contested Colorado: Shifting Regulations and Public Responses to Unconventional Oil Production in the Niobrara Shale Region 198 Stephanie A. Malin, Stacia S. Ryder, and Peter M. Hall 9 Citizen Resistance to Oil Production and Acid Fracking in the Sunshine State 224 Patricia Widener 10 Public Participation and Protest in the Siting of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals in Oregon 248 Hilary Boudet, Brittany Gaustad, and Trang Tran Conclusion 271 Anthony E. Ladd Acknowledgments 287 Notes on Contributors 291 Index 297
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment
Book Synopsis* Focuses primarily on the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture. * Provides key background on the parameters needed for new sitings and expansion of existing aquaculture operations, habitat management, and potential restoration.Trade Review"While it may be intended for policy makers, and we would all support her in this aim, it will clearly be an essential addition to university libraries, a must-have for shellfish researchers and there could also be good reason for shellfish farmers to think about getting hold of a copy, since it is one way to feel extremely positive about what you do - and supported by real hard science information!." (The Grower, 2011) Table of ContentsList of Contributors xi Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 The role of shellfish farms in provision of ecosystem goods and services 3João G. Ferreira, Anthony J.S. Hawkins, and Suzanne B. Bricker Introduction 3 Methods of study 6 Ecosystem goods: biomass production 13 Ecosystem services: environmental quality 17 Literature cited 26 2 Shellfish aquaculture and the environment: an industry perspective 33William Dewey, Jonathan P. Davis, and Daniel C. Cheney Introduction 33 Shellfish farmers and harvesters history of water quality protection and stewardship roles 35 BMPs, the shellfish industry, and the role of available research 42 Conclusion 48 Literature cited 48 3 Molluscan shellfish aquaculture and best management practices 51John A. Hargreaves Introduction 51 Ecosystem change and shellfish aquaculture 53 Classification of impacts 53 BMPs 54 Assurance labeling 64 Pressures to participate in certification programs 65 Perspectives on ecolabeling 67 Aquaculture certification programs 68 Critique of bivalve shellfish ecolabeling efforts in the United States 70 Criticisms of certification programs 73 Towards more meaningful labeling 75 Concluding remarks 77 Literature cited 78 4 Bivalve filter feeding: variability and limits of the aquaculture biofilter 81Peter J. Cranford, J. Evan Ward, and Sandra E. Shumway Introduction 81 Constraints on maximum feeding activity 82 Shellfi sh feeding in nature 85 Emerging knowledge on ecosystem interactions with the bivalve biofilter 109 Conclusions 111 Literature cited 113 5 Trophic interactions between phytoplankton and bivalve aquaculture 125Gary H. Wikfors The interdependence of bivalves and phytoplankton 125 Bivalve population density: farmed bivalves are naturally gregarious 127 Bivalves as consumers and cultivators of phytoplankton 127 Summary and prospects 130 Acknowledgments 131 Literature cited 131 6 The application of dynamic modeling to prediction of production carrying capacity in shellfish farming 135Jon Grant and Ramón Filgueira Physical oceanographic models 139 Filtration and seston depletion 140 Single-box models 140 Higher-order models 142 Fully spatial models 143 Population-based models 145 Local models 146 Optimization 147 Application to management 148 Modeling environmental impact 149 Sustainability and ecosystem-based management 150 Literature cited 151 7 Bivalve shellfish aquaculture and eutrophication 155JoAnn M. Burkholder and Sandra E. Shumway Summary 155 Introduction 156 Most commonly reported: localized changes associated with shellfish aquaculture 158 Interpretations from an ecosystem approach 179 Modeling efforts to assess relationships between bivalve aquaculture and eutrophication 187 Eutrophication of coastal waters from land-based nutrients 192 Ecological and economic benefit of bivalve aquaculture in combating eutrophication 195 Conclusions 200 Literature cited 201 8 Mussel farming as a tool for re-eutrophication of coastal waters: experiences from Sweden 217Odd Lindahl Introduction 217 Mussel farming: open landscape feeding in the sea 217 Estimating the environmental value of mussel farming 219 Trading nutrient discharges 222 Agricultural environmental aid program and mussel farming 224 Added ecosystem services through mussel farming 226 The city of lysekil, the first buyer of a nutrient emission quota 226 Swedish mussel farming and its markets 227 Mussel meal instead of fish meal in organic feeds 229 Mussel meal in feeds for organic poultry 230 The use of the mussel remainder as fertilizer and biogas production 232 Risk assessment of mussels for seafood, feed, and fertilizer 233 Conclusions of the Swedish experience 234 Literature cited 235 9 Expanding shellfi sh aquaculture: a review of the ecological services provided by and impacts of native and cultured bivalves in shellfish-dominated ecosystems 239Loren D. Coen, Brett R. Dumbauld, and Michael L. Judge Introduction 239 Aquaculture-based systems 249 Remaining questions 272 Literature cited 274 10 Bivalves as bioturbators and bioirrigators 297Joanna Norkko and Sandra E. Shumway Bivalves are key species in soft-sediment habitats 297 What are bioturbation and bioirrigation? 298 How do healthy soft-sediment bivalve populations affect their surroundings? 303 Summary 311 Literature cited 312 11 Environmental impacts related to mechanical harvest of cultured shellfish 319Kevin D.E. Stokesbury, Edward P. Baker, Bradley P. Harris, and Robert B. Rheault Introduction 319 Literature review 320 Experimental design 329 Conclusions 334 Acknowledgments 335 Literature cited 335 12 Genetics of shellfish on a human-dominated planet 339Dennis Hedgecock Introduction 339 Domestication of shellfish 341 Conservation 347 Conclusions 352 Literature cited 352 13 Shellfish diseases and health management 359Ralph A. Elston and Susan E. Ford Shellfish health management and infectious disease prevention 359 Interactions of bivalve shellfish and parasites with the natural environment 360 Interactions of hosts and disease agents within the aquaculture environment 367 Solutions: 1. Shellfish aquaculture development and health management 370 Solutions: 2. Implementing health management for shellfi sh aquaculture 377 Summary 385 Literature cited 386 14 Marine invaders and bivalve aquaculture: sources, impacts, and consequences 395Dianna K. Padilla, Michael J. McCann, and Sandra E. Shumway Introduction 395 Introduced shellfish from aquaculture 397 Species moved with aquaculture 406 Introduced species that impact aquaculture 407 Recommendations for minimizing spread and impacts of introductions 412 Future needs 415 Acknowledgments 415 Literature cited 416 15 Balancing economic development and conservation of living marine resources and habitats: the role of resource managers 425Tessa L. Getchis and Cori M. Rose Introduction 425 Regulatory framework for shellfish aquaculture in the United States 429 Environmental best management practices (BMPs) 440 Environmental marketing and other incentive programs 440 Conclusions 442 Literature cited 443 16 Education 447Donald Webster Skills 447 Aquaculture-related disciplines 449 K-12 education 451 Undergraduate degree programs 452 Graduate degree programs 453 4-H and youth programs 454 Extension programs 455 Technology transfer 457 Conclusion 458 Literature cited 459 17 The implications of global climate change for molluscan aquaculture 461Edward H. Allison, Marie-Caroline Badjeck, and Kathrin Meinhold Introduction 461 Climate change in the oceans and coastal zones 462 The effects of climate change on shellfish aquaculture systems 467 Adapting shellfish farming to climate change impacts 478 Shellfish aquaculture and climate change mitigation 482 Conclusion 484 Acknowledgments 485 Literature cited 485 Index 491
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University of Arizona Press The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf
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University of Arizona Press Life in the Hothouse
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University of Arizona Press Between Two Fires A Fire History of Contemporary
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University of Arizona Press Sustaining Wildlands
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University of Arizona Press Where We Belong
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UNIV OF ARIZONA PR Where We Belong
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University of Arizona Press Indigenous Economics
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University of Arizona Press Corporate Nature
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University of Arizona Press Sonoran Desert Journeys
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University of Arizona Press Cornerstone at the Confluence
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University of Arizona Press Cornerstone at the Confluence
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University of Minnesota Press Border Walls Gone Green Nature and Antiimmigrant
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Strong, provocative, and insightful. . . John Hultgren advances the field theoretically through his critique and integration of competing perspectives on sovereignty in environmental politics."—John M. Meyer, author of Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma"The premise is interesting, and the book is well researched and written."—CHOICE"Highly recommended. Border Walls Gone Green deserves to be read and appreciated."—Environmental History"A valuable contribution to our understanding of the politics surrounding immigration, environmentalism, sovereignty, and their inter- section."—Perspective on Politics"Raises stimulating and provocative questions about the links between nature and sovereignty, prompting the reader to think anew about the racialized logics and histories of American environmentalism."—New Political ScienceTable of ContentsContentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Earth Day Exclusions1. We Have Always Been Restrictionists2. Naturalizing Nativism3. The Challenge of Eco-Communitarian Restrictionism4. Responding to Restrictionism5. Toward an Environmental Political Theory of MigrationConclusion: Tear Down Those WallsAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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The University of Alabama Press The Defoliation of America
Book SynopsisProfiles the attitudes, understandings, and motivations of grassroots activists who rose to fight the use of phenoxy herbicides, or Agent Orange chemicals as they are commonly known, in various aspects of American life during the post-WWII era.Trade Review“The Defoliation of America is an extraordinary achievement. Amy Hay argues that protesters fought the use of chemical herbicides in the US and internationally (especially during the Vietnam War). Hay reveals how a diverse group of advocates challenged government, military, and corporate claims that Agent Orange herbicides were safe. More than any other study, The Defoliation of America demonstrates the extent of the widespread use of Agent Orange herbicides in America that coincided with extensive deployment during the Vietnam War and the impassioned protests these actions inspired.”- Frederick Rowe Davis, author of Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology;“The Defoliation of America is a wide-ranging, detailed study of arguably the most important anti-toxics movement in modern American history- the protests against the use of ‘Agent Orange.’ Displaying excellent research, with a focused empathy on the stories of the victims and the activists, this book makes significant contributions to the field of American environmental and anti-toxics activism.”- Robert Gioielli, author of Environmental Activism and the Urban Crisis: Baltimore, St. Louis, Chicago;“A superb telling of the human side of the Agent Orange story, expertly integrating the story of women-led protests of the chemical’s hazardous effects in the US with the history of war in Southeast Asia, racial inequality, and the politicization of science.”- Ellen Griffith Spears, author of Rethinking the American Environmental Movement post-1945;“The Defoliation of America offers a truly new history of chemicals, specifically phenoxy herbicides. It makes a valuable contribution to multiple fields and shows us that grave concern toward chemicals resided as strongly in neighborhoods, churches, and the radio airwaves, as it did in the pages of Silent Spring or demonstrations of Earth Day.”- David D. Vail, author of Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America's Grasslands since 1945.
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Neighborhood Hawks A Year Following Wild Birds
Book SynopsisFollows in the tradition of writings from Henry David Thoreau, Terry O'Connor and J.A. Baker, with John Lane using the red-shouldered hawks that live in his neighborhood to explore the concept of “commensalism”, the idea that two species can live near each other without harming or benefitting the other.
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LUP - University of Georgia Press The Human Animal Earthling Identity Shared Values Unifying Human Rights Animal Rights and Environmental Movements
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LUP - University of Georgia Press The Human Animal Earthling Identity Shared Values Unifying Human Rights Animal Rights and Environmental Movements
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Poison Powder The Kepone Disaster in Virginia
Book SynopsisIn 1975 workers at Life Science Products, a small makeshift pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. Gregory Wilson explores the conditions that put the Kepone factory and the workers there in the first place and the effects of the poison long after 1975.
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Natural Hazards UnNatural Disasters
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA remarkable combination of case studies, data on many scales, and application of economic principles.… [this report] provides a deep understanding of the relative roles of the market, government intervention, and social institutions in determining and improving both the prevention and the response to hazardous occurrences." —Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1972"I strongly recommend this book to non-economists as well as economists, and to government officials who must cope with floods, oil spills, earthquakes, and other disasters." —Gary S. Becker, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1992"Fascinating and right on target…. You are doing very important work." —Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2009
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Ohio University Press Saving Seeds Preserving Taste
Book SynopsisThe Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Ora’s Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter—these are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables you’ll encounter in Bill Best’s remarkable history of seed saving and the people who preserve both unique flavors and the Appalachian culture associated with them.Trade Review“In this simple paperback I've learned more about beans and their evolution at the hands of American farmers than anything else I've read over the past 35 years.” * Charlotte Observer *“In Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste, Bill Best has captured in words his passion and dedication for perpetuating heirloom vegetable and fruit varieties in Appalachia. This has been his life’s work…. At seventy-nine, he continues to promote the saving of heirloom seeds, seeds that hold the potential for flavorful, nutritious food; seeds that if saved, can be grown year after year; seeds that hold a part of the history of Native American and Appalachian cultures.” * Journal of Appalachian Studies *“This animated narrative offers a glimpse into American folklore, migration patterns, and the glory of the family farm as it is known through its seeds, which live on season after season, offering distinctive local flavor.” * Publishers Weekly *“Best’s book depicts the alternative to corporate farming as unveiled in Karl Weber’s Food, Inc. (2009), discussed in Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food (2008), explored in Sally Fallon, Pat Connolly, and Mary G Enig’s Nourishing Traditions (1995), and revealed in Robyn O’Brien and Rachel Kranz’s The Unhealthy Truth (2009).” * Journal of American Culture *“Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste is a practical and useful handbook for good garden husbandry but as it unfolds before your eyes, it reveals as well a vital world of southern Appalachian people, plants, food, and practice to nourish both body and soul.” * Appalachian Heritage *“Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste is a fascinating read. If you have never saved seeds yourself this book will make you want to do so.” * Home Greenhouse magazine *“Perhaps only once in a lifetime, we read a book that is a true treasure of American lore, one that no other person could write. Bill Best should be considered a National Treasure Keeper, for his beans, tomatoes, and corn — as well as his stories — are irreplaceable and therefore of immeasurable value.”“If you're interested in history and enjoy reading first-person accounts, this is a wonderful treasure. Bill has taken the legacy of these wonderful seed-savers one step further than the seeds. He's collected the stories and biographies into this great little book to preserve the ‘how and why' behind some of our beloved seeds and plants. In the past, oral tradition was good enough for the family of ‘Aunt Bessie' when they saved her seeds, but with the growing interest in heirlooms, getting it down in print makes sure that gardeners world-wide have access to the record.” * Dave’s Garden *“With a resurgence of interest in homegrown heirlooms, (Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste) offers new gardeners a peek into what they've been missing, and a few hints about how to connect with cultivating the incredible diversity of edible treasures that are available…. New gardeners looking for guidance and knowledgeable gardeners wanting to try a few new heirloom varieties will benefit from Best's years of experience.” * Lexington Herald Leader *“This is a worthy read for everyone—whether they're lifelong lovers of heirloom varieties or have just started on the road to growing their own flavor-packed tomatoes.” * Edible Columbus *“The magic in the greatest of all Jack tales is that what appears to be a mere handful of seeds turns instead into a giant beanstalk leading to riches beyond measure. That same sort of alchemy is at work here in Bill Best's Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste. Yes, it's a practical and useful handbook for good garden husbandry, but as it unfolds before your eyes, it reveals as well a vital world of southern Appalachian people, plants, food, and practice to nourish both body and soul.”“I love how Bill Best ‘stirs the pot.’ Going to his house and sitting at his table after a walk through the garden will reveal the best-tasting tomatoes and, likely, some Turkey Craw beans -- my personal favorite. But Bill also stirs the pot metaphorically by showing the Appalachian region and the world how place matters in a transnational political economy that has long said otherwise. For all the talk and attention given to globalization, Bill Best in his life's work and especially in this delightful book proves that place matters. The local is the place of deep abiding but also fragile knowledge. If you doubt it, ask your heart and your tongue. They know.”“It was a simple packet of beans purchased from Bill Best that restored my restless spirit. Last winter, we finally met. I could not tell him how I felt because I knew I would cry. But watching the elder Bill Best instruct the youthful Chef Jeremy Ashby in the finer points of heirloom seed saving and history, I found my heart was filled with boundless joy. The legacy will continue! That one moment was worth the trip up the Mountain Parkway. God Bless you Bill Best…for you have blessed me and the people of Appalachia for generations to come. May your harvest always be plentiful and the bean beetles few!” * Edible Ohio Valley *“In the broadest sense, this is a book about the sustainability of our food system, culture, and communities. With beans, as in much of life, maintaining and cultivating diversity improve our lot.”
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Ohio University Press Becoming a Place of Unrest
Book SynopsisIn this bold argument, Robert Booth asserts that the environmental crisis stems from our anthropocentric understanding of, and behavior in, the more-than-human world. Linking environmental phenomenology to ecofeminism, he shows why and how an ecophenomenological praxis may interrupt the environmental crisis at its source.Trade Review“In Becoming a Place of Unrest, Robert Booth builds on the insights of ecofeminists, new materialists, and (especially) phenomenologists to develop an original and highly compelling environmental philosophy. The book is not just an exemplary work of ecophenomenology; it is, more generally, an important contribution to environmental thought.” -- Simon P. James, author of Environmental Philosophy: An IntroductionTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Perception and Unrest 2. Ecofeminism and Ecophenomenology 3. Seeing Better 4. The Specter of Correlationism 5. Androcentrism, Nondiscursive Grounds and the Hyperdialectic 6. Radical Reflection, Reversibility, and the Flesh “Conclusions”; or, Becoming a Place of Unrest Notes References Index
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Duke University Press Guide to Sustainable Development and
Book SynopsisA compilation of definitions, terms, and critical commentary on aspects of sustainable development and environmental policy, with a strong emphasis on policy tools, policy practices, and systems of international environmental governance.Trade Review“This useful and unusual resource brings together a large number of interrelating concepts on an important and contentious issue.”—Lynton K. Caldwell, author of International Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century“This useful reference work provides grounding for two essential tasks: understanding the needs of the present, and engaging with the compromises implicit in any attempt to assure that future generations will be able to meet their own needs.”—Kai N. Lee, Williams CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction xxix Contributors xxxiii 1. Basic Concepts of Development and Environment 2. Sustainability 3. Main Factors Behind Development and Environmental Change 4. International Political Economy of Environment and Development 5. Decision Making 6. Major Problems of Environmental Degradation and Development References 353 Index 371
£28.80
Duke University Press Ecologies of Comparison
Book SynopsisA rich ethnography of ecopolitics in Hong Kong in the late 1990sTrade Review“[A]n exquisite anthropological account of how recent environmental campaigns in Hong Kong resonate with social and political dilemmas surrounding its return to Chinese sovereignty.Choy’s book provides a revivingbreath to the study of environmentalism and to our understanding of postcolonial Hong Kong.” - Julian M. Groves, Anthropological Quarterly“While demanding, Choy’s ethnographic method also appears quite inviting. With it, he is able to move easily from theoretical questions regarding the construction of scientific truth and expertise to the shifting scales of mass media and local, even personal, anecdotes. Ultimately, his ethnographic approach with its attention to detail avoids being simply a means to an end; instead it stands in as a positive example of the negotiations and comparisons that we make as we live amidst the shifting terrain of contemporary culture.” - Benjamin K. Hodges, Journal of Anthropological Research “Ecologies of Comparison is a stimulating ethnography…The book will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, science studies scholars, and Asian studies scholars alike.” - Peter C. Little, Electronic Green Journal“This beautifully written book urges us to take another look at some of our most important tools for thinking. What do comparisons do? Why do we use examples? When does it matter if components of our world are specific to their times and places? Ecologies of Comparison offers a stimulating tour into both Hong Kong’s environmental politics and the work of political analysis itself.”—Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, author of Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection“Tim Choy’s much-anticipated meditation on the many forms of life to be found in Hong Kong environmentalism is a bracing read. Taking knowledge itself as his object, Choy shows how the deep complicity of ethnography, theory, and politics offers not only profound challenges to scholarly practice but also new opportunities and horizons. Ecologies of Comparison is original, contemporary, and resonant. A true breath of fresh air.”—Hugh Raffles, author of Insectopedia and In Amazonia: A Natural History“[A]n exquisite anthropological account of how recent environmental campaigns in Hong Kong resonate with social and political dilemmas surrounding its return to Chinese sovereignty.Choy’s book provides a reviving breath to the study of environmentalism and to our understanding of postcolonial Hong Kong.” -- Julian M. Groves * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Note on Transliteration xi 1. Problems of a Political Nature 1 Passions 19 2. Endangerment 23 Slow 51 3. Specific Life 53 Chess 73 4. Articulated Knowledges 76 Hair 106 5. Earthly Vocations 109 Hiking 137 6. Air's Substantiations 139 Notes 169 Bibliography 185 Index 199
£22.49
Duke University Press Food Farms and Solidarity French Farmers
Book SynopsisChaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture.Trade Review"Food, Farms, and Solidarity is an excellent study of one of the most fascinating social movements of the contemporary era and its struggle against GM crops. Academics and activists interested in agrarian, environmental, and food justice issues as well as (trans)national social movements should read this book."—Saturnino M. Borras Jr., coeditor of Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization"Food, Farms, and Solidarity is an excellent study of one of the most fascinating social movements of the contemporary era and its struggle against GM crops. Academics and activists interested in agrarian, environmental, and food justice issues, as well as transnational social movements, should read this book."—Saturnino M. Borras Jr., coeditor of Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization"Chaia Heller makes a compelling argument about a set of very important topics in the food/environment arena. Given the continued relevance of those topics, the prominence of the main protagonists of the story in the international scene, and the engaging writing style, the book should be of interest to a broad audience of students, academics, NGO people, and activists."—Arturo Escobar, author of Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes“[Heller’s] engaging book contains many insights into the surprisingly divergent fates of French and U.S. agricultural interest groups. . . . [H]er tale of earthy farmers becoming postmodern ideological entrepreneurs makes for fun reading.” -- Andrew Moravcsik * Foreign Affairs *“Heller’s dramatic narrative tells a story filled with intimate anecdotes and colorful characters...making a rather complex history of farmers’ unions and French agricultural policy come alive while sustaining her readers’ interest.” -- A. B. Audant * Choice *“This book presents a fascinating and in-depth case study of a French agricultural union, the Confederation paysanne, surveying its history, ideology, leadership, and political activism...this is a highly original, insightful, and exhaustively researched account that presents in fine detail one of the key battle lines of our time.” -- Sarah Waters * French History *“Heller has written a wonderful ethnography that I find highly engaging in terms of the logic of capitalist food production under the political auspices of neoliberalism. Her book is an important contribution to food studies and anthropological theory.” -- Robert C. Ulin * American Ethnologist *"Ultimately, Heller makes a significant contribution with this study to social movement discourses and union organization in addition to food justice and environmental issues." -- Pamela Tudge * Left History *"Food, Farms, and Solidarity provides a deep and fascinating case study of Confédération Paysanne and contemporary struggles over agricultural biotechnology and food sovereignty.... Heller’s ethnographic approach makes for a compelling and accessible read, and the book would be appropriate for a topical course on food studies or social movements at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level." -- Christopher R. Henke * Contemporary Sociology *"Food, Farms and Solidarity: French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops is an engaging ethnographic study…. The work stands as a valuable case study for social movement scholars and political ecology anthropologists." -- Patricia A. Stapleton * Agriculture and Human Values *Table of ContentsAbout the Series ix Acknowledgments xi 1. Introduction: Creating a New Rationality of Agriculture in a Postindustrial World 1 Part I. Toward a New Rationality of Agriculture 2. The New Paysan Movements: French Industrialized Agriculture and the Rise of the Postindustrial Paysan 39 3. The Confédération Paysanne: Philosophy, Structure, and Constituency 69 Part II. The Confédération Paysanne's Early Anti-GMO Campaign, from Risk to Globalization 4. Union Activism and Programs: Early Campaigns and Paysan Agriculture 89 5. We Have Always Been Modern: Toward a Progressive Anti-GMO Campaign 112 6. The Trial of the GMOs: Deploying Discourses from Risk to Globalization 137 Part III. How France Grew Its Own Antiglobalization Movement 7. Caravans, GMOs, and McDo: The Campaign Continues 163 8. Operation Roquefort, Part I: Traveling to Washington, DC 198 9. Operation Roquefort, Part II: The Battle of Seattle 221 10. Postindustrial Paysans in a Post-Seattle World: New Movements, New Possibilities 248 11. Conclusion: French Lessons; What's to Be Learned 291 Notes 307 Works Cited 311 Index 323
£27.90
Duke University Press Bad Water
Book SynopsisPresents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth.Trade Review“The author presents important material that is new to environmental history, to intellectual history as well as to studies of Japan. He shows that Japan has a long history of environmental disasters and gives some sense of why this has been so. His individual case studies (Tanaka, Ishikawa and Kurosawa) are well selected. And his conclusions about the limitations of liberal democracy and of liberalism in any form are illuminating, thoughtful accurate and sobering. Nature does not care whether politicians or a majority of the population they lead recognize the greater frequency of extreme weather—including global warming—or not. These things are happening and surely require a far stronger response than any counter-measures that have been proffered up to now.” -- James Bartholomew * TLS *"A sound achievement in an area of modern Japanese thought too lightly regarded before now." -- Tom Havens * American Historical Review *"Stolz's book gains its special strength from its close intertwining of Marxist theory with the lives of the central protagonists... As this statement suggests, Bad Water successfully stitches together environmental history, a social ecology that predates that of Bookchin, and Marxist theory." -- Paul Waley * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Stolz brings to his study fresh and important perspectives on familiar events, intellectual trends, and individuals as well as introducing heretofore little-known (but significant) thinkers and narratives to the Western scholarship." -- William M. Tsutsui * Pacific Affairs *"Robert Stolz’s Bad Water is an impressive analysis of the history of the interaction between political and ecological thought in modern Japan.... This book is valuable to the study not only of Tanaka and of Japanese environmental problems but also of the history of ideas on the relationships among politics, society, the human body, and nature in a global context." -- Yuuki Tomozawa * East Asian Science, Technology and Society *"While Bad Water’s close reading of the Ashio copper mine disaster and the origins of Japan’s environmental movement will appeal to specialists in modern Japan, Stolz’s sophisticated Marxian analysis of the subsumption of nature under capital is a significant contribution to environmental history that deserves a wide audience of environmental scholars." -- Tristan R. Grunow * Environmental History *"Stolz’s study has a relevance that goes far beyond its immediate time and place.... Bad Water is a very valuable contribution, not just to Japanese environmental history, but also to global debates on the present-day environmental impasse." -- Tessa Morris-Suzuki * Japanese Studies *"This is a fascinating book for those who are interested in Environmentalism in other countries, especially Japan." -- Miller, Ryder W. * Electronic Green Journal *"Most helpfully, Stolz provides readers with a deeper understanding of the human nature connection. Nature is not merely understood and manipulated by human actions...rather, humans’ relationship to nature arises from deeply held beliefs, theories and worldviews on a large scale. In other words, collective human theoretical understandings dictate the relationship to and with nature." -- Victoria Machado * Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. A Decade of Leaks 19 2. Pollution and Peasants at the Limits of Liberalism 51 3. Nature over Nation: Tanaka Shozo's Environmental Turn 85 4. Natural Democracy 117 5. The Original Green Company: Snow Brand Dairy 159 Conclusion. Bad Water, a Theoretical Consideration 191 Appendix. Tanaka and Kotoku's Appeal to the Meiji Emperor 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 243 Index
£98.60
Duke University Press Bad Water
Book SynopsisPresents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth.Trade Review“The author presents important material that is new to environmental history, to intellectual history as well as to studies of Japan. He shows that Japan has a long history of environmental disasters and gives some sense of why this has been so. His individual case studies (Tanaka, Ishikawa and Kurosawa) are well selected. And his conclusions about the limitations of liberal democracy and of liberalism in any form are illuminating, thoughtful accurate and sobering. Nature does not care whether politicians or a majority of the population they lead recognize the greater frequency of extreme weather—including global warming—or not. These things are happening and surely require a far stronger response than any counter-measures that have been proffered up to now.” -- James Bartholomew * TLS *"A sound achievement in an area of modern Japanese thought too lightly regarded before now." -- Tom Havens * American Historical Review *"Stolz's book gains its special strength from its close intertwining of Marxist theory with the lives of the central protagonists... As this statement suggests, Bad Water successfully stitches together environmental history, a social ecology that predates that of Bookchin, and Marxist theory." -- Paul Waley * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Stolz brings to his study fresh and important perspectives on familiar events, intellectual trends, and individuals as well as introducing heretofore little-known (but significant) thinkers and narratives to the Western scholarship." -- William M. Tsutsui * Pacific Affairs *"Robert Stolz’s Bad Water is an impressive analysis of the history of the interaction between political and ecological thought in modern Japan.... This book is valuable to the study not only of Tanaka and of Japanese environmental problems but also of the history of ideas on the relationships among politics, society, the human body, and nature in a global context." -- Yuuki Tomozawa * East Asian Science, Technology and Society *"While Bad Water’s close reading of the Ashio copper mine disaster and the origins of Japan’s environmental movement will appeal to specialists in modern Japan, Stolz’s sophisticated Marxian analysis of the subsumption of nature under capital is a significant contribution to environmental history that deserves a wide audience of environmental scholars." -- Tristan R. Grunow * Environmental History *"Stolz’s study has a relevance that goes far beyond its immediate time and place.... Bad Water is a very valuable contribution, not just to Japanese environmental history, but also to global debates on the present-day environmental impasse." -- Tessa Morris-Suzuki * Japanese Studies *"This is a fascinating book for those who are interested in Environmentalism in other countries, especially Japan." -- Miller, Ryder W. * Electronic Green Journal *"Most helpfully, Stolz provides readers with a deeper understanding of the human nature connection. Nature is not merely understood and manipulated by human actions...rather, humans’ relationship to nature arises from deeply held beliefs, theories and worldviews on a large scale. In other words, collective human theoretical understandings dictate the relationship to and with nature." -- Victoria Machado * Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. A Decade of Leaks 19 2. Pollution and Peasants at the Limits of Liberalism 51 3. Nature over Nation: Tanaka Shozo's Environmental Turn 85 4. Natural Democracy 117 5. The Original Green Company: Snow Brand Dairy 159 Conclusion. Bad Water, a Theoretical Consideration 191 Appendix. Tanaka and Kotoku's Appeal to the Meiji Emperor 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 243 Index
£25.19
Duke University Press Political Landscapes
Book SynopsisIn this environmental history of twentieth-century Mexico, Christopher R. Boyer conceptualizes the forests of Chihuahua and Michoacán as political landscapes. Conflicts among local landowners, the federal government and timber companies politicized these geographies, demonstrating the crucial role that social forces play in the construction of environments.Trade Review"Christopher R. Boyer’s superb history of forests, forestry, and conservation in Mexico makes innovative contributions to the historiography of the Mexican Revolution and postrevolutionary state formation, as well as to Mexico’s environmental history." -- Thomas Klubock * American Historical Review *"Boyer’s book is a significant accomplishment because it points a practical way forward in ongoing policy debates over the use of Mexico’s temperate forests—which will always represent contested, political landscapes—as well as reinforcing the nation’s overwhelming drive toward modernity over the long arc of the twentieth century." -- Evan R. Ward * Hispanic American Historical Review *"This volume offers a much-needed, detailed historiography of Mexican forestry.... [T]he analysis of community forestry, especially, contains offerings that make the read worthwhile." -- Nora Haenn * Agricultural History *"Documenting one hundred years of forest history is not easy, but Boyer has accomplished it in a book that has much to recommend it for classroom use.... [A]n excellent book that includes something not typical in history texts: a dose of humor. If you have never heard of 'pyromaniac campesinos' (p. 97), pick up this book." -- Myma Santiago * The History Teacher *"Political Landscapes is an incredible work of scholarship and an energetic example of environmental history’s potential.... You need not be interested in Mexico or even in forests to appreciate how this book excavates the repeating patterns of environmental history as a more complete rendering of the past." -- Emily Wakild * Environmental History *"[A]n impressive and important contribution to a number of fields. It will be necessary reading for scholars of Latin American environmental history, and deserves an audience among broad-minded policy-makers concerned with contemporary ecological problems. It will also be of great interest to historians of rural transformations and state formation in modern Mexico. The book’s clear prose and able blend of national trends with compelling local detail will benefit students in upper-level undergraduate courses and above." -- Thomas Rath * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Boyer’s book represents a signal achievement by persuasively documenting the ways forests in Mexico were shaped less by market forces, management policies, or population pressures than by the effects of political negotiation among the people and institutions that vied to determine how and for whose benefit they would be used. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in postrevolutionary Mexico and is ideal for use in upper-division undergraduate classes." -- Steven J. Bachelor * The Latin Americanist *"Christopher R. Boyer has written an empirically rich, conceptually sophisticated, and analytically sharp history of Mexico’s forests from the era of Porfirian development to the neoliberal present." -- Matthew Vitz * EIAL *"A pioneering history of environmental politics, the timber industry, and community activism in twentieth-century Mexico. . . . Impressive in its scope. Few histories of modern Mexico explore such a broad period." -- Michael Snodgrass * Labor *Table of ContentsIllustrations xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part I. The Making of Revolutionary Forestry 1. The Commodification of Nature, 1880–1910 25 2. Revolution and Regulation, 1910–1928 60 3. Revolutionary Forestry, 1928–1942 93 Part II. The Development Imperative 4. Industrial Forests, 1942–1958 129 5. The Ecology of Development, 1952–1972 167 6. The Romance of State Forestry, 1972–1992 203 Conclusion. Slivers of Hope in the Neoliberal Forest 239 Appendix 1. Federal Forestry Codes, 1926–2008 259 Appendix 2. UIEFs, 1945–1986 261 Notes 263 Bibliography 309 Index 327
£112.20
Duke University Press Unearthing Conflict
Book SynopsisFabiana Li examines the politics surrounding the rapid growth of mining in the Peruvian Andes, arguing that anti-mining protests are not only about mining's negative environmental impacts, but about the legitimization of contested forms of knowledge. Trade Review"This is a timely ethnography of contemporary mining conflict... She offers an attractive understanding of “conflict.” No theory of resistance along the lines of already assumed, immutable material interests (such as mass protests or road blockades) can capture the nuances with which Li meticulously “unearths conflict.”... It is a must-read for veterans and newcomers to research in the anthropology of mining." -- Anita Carrasco * American Ethnologist *"This book does a lot and it does it well. It will be helpful not only in providing a rich foundation for studies of mining conflict in Peru, but also for students and scholars really looking for a way to illuminate the complexities of the common reality of community/government/corporate conflict over resource extraction in the name of 'development' throughout Latin America and beyond." -- Kristina Baines * Anthropology Book Forum *"[Li's] analysis is based on an extensive and exhaustive ethnographic research and informed by an analytical framework that is well suited for deconstructing, exploring, and unveiling. Unearthing Conflict is in this regard an obliged resource for those interested in understanding not only mining conflicts and activism or the complexities of human agency but also the broader interactions between humans and nature(s), especially in these critical times." -- Cristina Espinosa Ch. * American Anthropologist *"Fabiana Li’s innovative ethnography breaks new ground in conceptualizing the political ecology of mining controversies....The book makes a significant contribution to the field of political ecology by rethinking the ways in which landscapes take on political significance. It is highly recommended reading for students and scholars interested in environmental politics, corporate social responsibility, and social movements." -- Teresa A. Velásquez * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Li’s extensive fieldwork in Peru adds authenticity and authority to each of her compelling case studies. The book is accessible to upper-division undergraduate courses as well as graduate seminars on modern Latin America. Anyone interested in conflicts over extractive resources, Andean mining communities, and social anthropology in Peru should add Unearthing Conflict to their reading lists." -- Stephen Cote * Environmental History *"Based on extensive local research, Li offers both a rich inside story of the different actors and interactions in Cajamarca and a valuable contribution to theory building." -- Barbara Hogenboom * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"Unearthing Conflict is an excellent ethnographic treatment of mining corporations, their local and state supporters, and the activists who contest them. By complicating standard narratives of community opposition to mining with the perspective of contestations about equivalences, the book would enrich senior undergraduate and graduate courses about Latin America, resource extraction, expert knowledge, and human and non-human actors." -- Daniel Tubb * PoLAR *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. A Mining Country 1 Part I. Mining Past and Present 1. Toxic Legacies, Nascent Activism 35 2. Mega-Mining and Emergent Conflicts 71 Part II. Water and Life 3. The Hydrology of a Sacred Mountain 107 4. Inrrigation and Contested Equivalences 143 Part III. Activism and Expertise 5. Stepping outside the Document 185 Conclusion. Expanding Frontiers of Extraction 215 Notes 235 References 243 Index 257
£76.50
Duke University Press Unearthing Conflict
Book SynopsisFabiana Li examines the politics surrounding the rapid growth of mining in the Peruvian Andes, arguing that anti-mining protests are not only about mining's negative environmental impacts, but about the legitimization of contested forms of knowledge. Trade Review"This is a timely ethnography of contemporary mining conflict... She offers an attractive understanding of “conflict.” No theory of resistance along the lines of already assumed, immutable material interests (such as mass protests or road blockades) can capture the nuances with which Li meticulously “unearths conflict.”... It is a must-read for veterans and newcomers to research in the anthropology of mining." -- Anita Carrasco * American Ethnologist *"This book does a lot and it does it well. It will be helpful not only in providing a rich foundation for studies of mining conflict in Peru, but also for students and scholars really looking for a way to illuminate the complexities of the common reality of community/government/corporate conflict over resource extraction in the name of 'development' throughout Latin America and beyond." -- Kristina Baines * Anthropology Book Forum *"[Li's] analysis is based on an extensive and exhaustive ethnographic research and informed by an analytical framework that is well suited for deconstructing, exploring, and unveiling. Unearthing Conflict is in this regard an obliged resource for those interested in understanding not only mining conflicts and activism or the complexities of human agency but also the broader interactions between humans and nature(s), especially in these critical times." -- Cristina Espinosa Ch. * American Anthropologist *"Fabiana Li’s innovative ethnography breaks new ground in conceptualizing the political ecology of mining controversies....The book makes a significant contribution to the field of political ecology by rethinking the ways in which landscapes take on political significance. It is highly recommended reading for students and scholars interested in environmental politics, corporate social responsibility, and social movements." -- Teresa A. Velásquez * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Li’s extensive fieldwork in Peru adds authenticity and authority to each of her compelling case studies. The book is accessible to upper-division undergraduate courses as well as graduate seminars on modern Latin America. Anyone interested in conflicts over extractive resources, Andean mining communities, and social anthropology in Peru should add Unearthing Conflict to their reading lists." -- Stephen Cote * Environmental History *"Based on extensive local research, Li offers both a rich inside story of the different actors and interactions in Cajamarca and a valuable contribution to theory building." -- Barbara Hogenboom * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"Unearthing Conflict is an excellent ethnographic treatment of mining corporations, their local and state supporters, and the activists who contest them. By complicating standard narratives of community opposition to mining with the perspective of contestations about equivalences, the book would enrich senior undergraduate and graduate courses about Latin America, resource extraction, expert knowledge, and human and non-human actors." -- Daniel Tubb * PoLAR *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. A Mining Country 1 Part I. Mining Past and Present 1. Toxic Legacies, Nascent Activism 35 2. Mega-Mining and Emergent Conflicts 71 Part II. Water and Life 3. The Hydrology of a Sacred Mountain 107 4. Inrrigation and Contested Equivalences 143 Part III. Activism and Expertise 5. Stepping outside the Document 185 Conclusion. Expanding Frontiers of Extraction 215 Notes 235 References 243 Index 257
£25.19
Duke University Press Political Landscapes
Book SynopsisIn this environmental history of twentieth-century Mexico, Christopher R. Boyer conceptualizes the forests of Chihuahua and Michoacán as political landscapes. Conflicts among local landowners, the federal government and timber companies politicized these geographies, demonstrating the crucial role that social forces play in the construction of environments.Trade Review"Christopher R. Boyer’s superb history of forests, forestry, and conservation in Mexico makes innovative contributions to the historiography of the Mexican Revolution and postrevolutionary state formation, as well as to Mexico’s environmental history." -- Thomas Klubock * American Historical Review *"Boyer’s book is a significant accomplishment because it points a practical way forward in ongoing policy debates over the use of Mexico’s temperate forests—which will always represent contested, political landscapes—as well as reinforcing the nation’s overwhelming drive toward modernity over the long arc of the twentieth century." -- Evan R. Ward * Hispanic American Historical Review *"This volume offers a much-needed, detailed historiography of Mexican forestry.... [T]he analysis of community forestry, especially, contains offerings that make the read worthwhile." -- Nora Haenn * Agricultural History *"Documenting one hundred years of forest history is not easy, but Boyer has accomplished it in a book that has much to recommend it for classroom use.... [A]n excellent book that includes something not typical in history texts: a dose of humor. If you have never heard of 'pyromaniac campesinos' (p. 97), pick up this book." -- Myma Santiago * The History Teacher *"Political Landscapes is an incredible work of scholarship and an energetic example of environmental history’s potential.... You need not be interested in Mexico or even in forests to appreciate how this book excavates the repeating patterns of environmental history as a more complete rendering of the past." -- Emily Wakild * Environmental History *"[A]n impressive and important contribution to a number of fields. It will be necessary reading for scholars of Latin American environmental history, and deserves an audience among broad-minded policy-makers concerned with contemporary ecological problems. It will also be of great interest to historians of rural transformations and state formation in modern Mexico. The book’s clear prose and able blend of national trends with compelling local detail will benefit students in upper-level undergraduate courses and above." -- Thomas Rath * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Boyer’s book represents a signal achievement by persuasively documenting the ways forests in Mexico were shaped less by market forces, management policies, or population pressures than by the effects of political negotiation among the people and institutions that vied to determine how and for whose benefit they would be used. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in postrevolutionary Mexico and is ideal for use in upper-division undergraduate classes." -- Steven J. Bachelor * The Latin Americanist *"Christopher R. Boyer has written an empirically rich, conceptually sophisticated, and analytically sharp history of Mexico’s forests from the era of Porfirian development to the neoliberal present." -- Matthew Vitz * EIAL *"A pioneering history of environmental politics, the timber industry, and community activism in twentieth-century Mexico. . . . Impressive in its scope. Few histories of modern Mexico explore such a broad period." -- Michael Snodgrass * Labor *Table of ContentsIllustrations xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part I. The Making of Revolutionary Forestry 1. The Commodification of Nature, 1880–1910 25 2. Revolution and Regulation, 1910–1928 60 3. Revolutionary Forestry, 1928–1942 93 Part II. The Development Imperative 4. Industrial Forests, 1942–1958 129 5. The Ecology of Development, 1952–1972 167 6. The Romance of State Forestry, 1972–1992 203 Conclusion. Slivers of Hope in the Neoliberal Forest 239 Appendix 1. Federal Forestry Codes, 1926–2008 259 Appendix 2. UIEFs, 1945–1986 261 Notes 263 Bibliography 309 Index 327
£27.90
Duke University Press Nature in Translation Japanese Tourism
Book SynopsisIn Nature in Translation Shiho Satsuka studies Japanese tour guides who lead Japanese tourists on trips through the Canadian Rockies. By presenting nature in ways attuned to Japanese culture, these guides translate nature, a process that makes visible the cultural construction of nature and subjectivities.Trade Review"Nature in Translation is an excellent ethnographic monograph that is both theoretically innovative and eminently readable.... Her work is pioneering in bringing both the Japanese studies and STS into one volume.... Nature in Translation is an excellent read for scholars and students who are interested in contemporary Japan as well as science studies of nature. Satsuka’s discussion of translation should provide fertile theoretical ground for upcoming studies on STS, and it has also opened up exciting new ways to study contemporary Japan." -- Satsuki Takahashi * Journal of Anthropological Research *"I... recommend this book to serious scholars of the cross-cultural dimensions of tourism. It is not a light read but it is an insightful read for tourism scholars with an interest in nature, translation and cross-cultural interactions." -- Tom Hinch * Tourism Geographies *"...an extraordinary achievement; a work at once ethnographically sensitive and theoretically innovative—not to mention operating as a marvelous travel guide to the travels of other guides. I hope this beautiful ethnography will be read widely by those who are interested in postcolonial science studies, in ecology, Japan studies, in the ontological turn(s) in STS and anthropology, and, of course, in multispecies anthropology." -- Moe Nakazora * Science as Culture *"Nature in Translation will interest many who wish to know more about how perceptions of nature and environment, as well as the explanatory framework, vary in different cultures and intellectual traditions, between Japan and Canada in particular. It will also benefit those in tourism studies in that it directs our attention to more complicated touristic encounters than a simple and straightforward encounter between hosts and guests." -- Okpyo Moon * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsNotes on Transliteration vii Acknowledgments ix Prologue. A Journey to Magnificent Nature . . . or Why Nature Needs to Be Understood in Translation 1 Introduction 9 1. Narratives of Freedom 39 2. Populist Cosmopolitanism 67 3. The Co-Modification of Self 95 4. Gender in Nature Neverland 122 5. The Interpretation of Nature 147 6. The Allure of Ecology 183 Epilogue. Found in Translation 213 Notes 223 Reference List 241 Index 255
£76.50
Duke University Press Exile and Pride
Book SynopsisOver the course of several personal essays, genderqueer activist/writer Eli Clare weaves together memoir, history, and political thinking to explore meanings and experiences of home, all the while providing an intersectional framework for understanding how we actually experience the daily hydraulics of oppression, power, and resistance.Trade Review"Eli Clare's Exile and Pride . . . challenge[s] us to think beyond identity politics. This set of nine interconnected essays defies categorization in its exploration not only of queerness and disability but also of class, race, urban-rural divides, gender identity, sexual abuse, environmental destruction, and the meaning of home. . . . Clare gives us a vision of a broad-based and intersectional politics that can move us beyond the current divisions of single-issue movements." -- Rachel Rosenbloom * Women's Review of Books *Table of ContentsForeword to the 2015 Edition / Aurora Levins Morales xi Preface tot he 2009 Edition. A Challenge to Single-Issue Politics: Reflections from a Decade Later xxi A Note About Gender, or Why is this White Guy Writing about Being a Lesbian? xxvii The Mountain 1 Part I: Place Clearcut: Explaining the Distance 17 Losing Home 31 Clearcut: Brutes and Bumper Stickers 51 Clear Cut: End of the Line 61 Casino: An Epilogue 71 Part II. Bodies Freaks and Queers 81 Reading Across the Grain 119 Stones in My Pickets, Stones in My Heart 143 Acknowledgments to the 1999 Edition 161 Afterword to the 2009 Edition / Dean Spade 165 Notes 173 Index 179
£70.55
Duke University Press Finite Media Environmental Implications of
Book SynopsisSean Cubitt offers a large scale rethinking of theories of mediation by describing the ecological footprint of media. He investigates the energy, material, and space needed to create, operate, and dispose of electronic devices, and shows how changing how we use media is the only solution to planetary devastation.Trade Review"This insightful book is replete with illuminating examples and case studies, with subtle arguments that will likely prove prescient in years to come." -- Niall Flynn * LSE Review of Books *"Filled with cases of environment changes of contemporary age, Cubitt approaches the topic with journalistic clarity and deep comparative activist source-data, uncovering various types of criminal activities that he grounds with many background theories. . . . Similar to previous books, Finite Media is a rather short (and concentrated) reading, with an even lighter style that makes reading a very pleasurable experience." -- Ana Peraica * Leonardo Reviews *"Sean Cubitt’s Finite Media is so much more than the title suggests: it is a meticulously researched and thoughtful intervention into the linkages between digital media and environmental degradation." -- Sandra Robinson * Theory, Culture & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Eco-mediation 1 1. Energy 13 2. Matter 63 3. Eco-political Aesthetics 151 4. Ecological Communication as Politics 169 Coda on Saturn 193 References 201 Index 237
£98.60
Duke University Press Energy without Conscience
Book SynopsisDavid McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it.Trade Review“Hughes has contributed greatly to an understanding of how climate change is viewed in locations outside of the modern Western world.” -- Sandra Moore * Anthropology Book Forum *"Energy without Conscience is a thoughtful take on how climate change complicity can exist without a countrywide collective conscience of wrongdoing." -- Trey Murphy * Geographical Review *"Hughes offers us a rich and important ethnographic account of Trinidad that marks the Caribbean nation not only as the site of Christopher Columbus’ third exploration to the Americas, but also as the world’s first petro- extractive geography. . . . Energy Without Conscience is a powerful and urgent book, one that furthers an understanding of global interconnectedness, not as a neoliberal project of unity, but through a web of danger, unequal outcomes, and a matrix of complicity." -- Macarena Gomez-Barris * Journal of Latin American Geography *“Overall, Hughes’s Energy Without Conscience gives us a deeply historicized description of Trinidad and Tobago’s oil economy. Most importantly, he describes the potentiality of the past to have led to different presents and inspires us to consider different futures…. [The book] raises important questions about the ethical considerations and responsibilities of doing research in a world facing climate catastrophe. Owing to the methodical issues it covers, it will be of particular interest to anyone planning and conducting research in the broad fields of energy humanities, the anthropology of climate change, and extractive industries.” -- Kari Dahlgren * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. Energy with Conscience 1. Plantation Slaves, the First Fuel 29 2. How Oil Missed Its Utopian Moment 41 Part II. Ordinary Oil 3. The Myth of Inevitability 65 4. Lakeside, or the Petro-pastoral Sensibility 95 5. Climate Change and the Victim Slot 120 Conclusion 141 Notes 153 References 165 Index 183
£22.79
Duke University Press Energy without Conscience
Book SynopsisDavid McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it.Trade Review“Hughes has contributed greatly to an understanding of how climate change is viewed in locations outside of the modern Western world.” -- Sandra Moore * Anthropology Book Forum *"Energy without Conscience is a thoughtful take on how climate change complicity can exist without a countrywide collective conscience of wrongdoing." -- Trey Murphy * Geographical Review *"Hughes offers us a rich and important ethnographic account of Trinidad that marks the Caribbean nation not only as the site of Christopher Columbus’ third exploration to the Americas, but also as the world’s first petro- extractive geography. . . . Energy Without Conscience is a powerful and urgent book, one that furthers an understanding of global interconnectedness, not as a neoliberal project of unity, but through a web of danger, unequal outcomes, and a matrix of complicity." -- Macarena Gomez-Barris * Journal of Latin American Geography *“Overall, Hughes’s Energy Without Conscience gives us a deeply historicized description of Trinidad and Tobago’s oil economy. Most importantly, he describes the potentiality of the past to have led to different presents and inspires us to consider different futures…. [The book] raises important questions about the ethical considerations and responsibilities of doing research in a world facing climate catastrophe. Owing to the methodical issues it covers, it will be of particular interest to anyone planning and conducting research in the broad fields of energy humanities, the anthropology of climate change, and extractive industries.” -- Kari Dahlgren * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. Energy with Conscience 1. Plantation Slaves, the First Fuel 29 2. How Oil Missed Its Utopian Moment 41 Part II. Ordinary Oil 3. The Myth of Inevitability 65 4. Lakeside, or the Petro-pastoral Sensibility 95 5. Climate Change and the Victim Slot 120 Conclusion 141 Notes 153 References 165 Index 183
£74.70
Duke University Press Watering the Revolution
Book SynopsisMikael D. Wolfe transforms our understanding of the Mexican revolution and agrarian reform through an environmental and technological history of water management in the emblematic Laguna region, showing how the contested modernization of the region's irrigation network unintentionally contaminated the water supply, deepened social inequality, and undermined reform efforts.Trade Review"[Watering the Revolution] will alter how scholars understand Mexico’s emblematic agrarian reform in La Laguna and, one would hope, how teachers teach it. . . . Without a doubt a major contribution to the field." -- Matthew Vitz * H-LatAm, H-Net Reviews *"This book provides an almost entirely new disciplinary focus in Latin America by addressing the complex relationship between the environment and development: envirotech history. . . . Pioneering." -- Gavin O'Toole * Latin American Review of Books *"Mikael Wolfe has delivered a pivotally important contribution to the ongoing transformation of our understanding of Mexico during its long, often conflictive, always contested twentieth century." -- John Tutino * Journal of Social History *"Wolfe . . . meticulously unpack[s] the history of social conflict and revolutionary water management in northern Mexico’s La Laguna cotton heartland during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries." -- Patrick Cosby * H-Water, H-Net Reviews *"This book provides important insights into the tensions between the need to develop water resources sustainably and the need for socio-economic development. . . . A definite ‘must’ for scholars of Mexican agrarian history and scholars interested in understanding how politics, technology and the environment intertwine to shape the dynamics of water resources development and its impacts on society." -- Jaime Hoogesteger * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"A revealing portrait of the difficulties that undergird the rapprochement of economic development and environmental conservation, Watering the Revolution is necessary reading for upper-level undergraduate and graduate environmental history courses across geographical boundaries." -- Ela Miljkovic * Environment and History *"A landmark study. . . . This fresh vision of Mexican history over the long twentieth century should be considered as required reading for historians of technology, the environment, agrarian politics, and society in Latin America and beyond." -- Christopher Boyer * Environmental History *“A smart, well-crafted book.” -- Casey Walsh * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“The publication of this book by Mikael D. Wolfe is very good news for all scholars concerned with the twentieth-century history of Mexico and Latin America. Highly commended.” -- Luis Aboites Aguilar * Hispanic American Historical Review *“An impressive work of scholarship. Mikael D. Wolfe masterfully rewrites the history of Mexico’s arid north-central Laguna region.” -- Helga Baitenmann * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Though Wolfe’s research must fit into a broad spectrum of studies of the Laguna, the book’s focus on environmental history and its relationship to the history of technology differentiate this work from a long list of other publications. Indeed, it takes its rightful place in a current of Mexicanist historiography that chooses not to separate hydraulic and agrarian issues when studying diverse social spaces." -- Antonio Escobar Ohmstede * American Historical Review *"Wolfe’s book is interesting, convincing, and challenging. It is thorough, focused, and appropriately backed by statistical data." -- Eitan Ginzberg * EIAL *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Part I. El Agua de la Revolución (The Water of the Revolution) 1. River of Revolution 23 2. The Debate over Damming and Pumping El Agua de la Revolución 59 3. Distributing El Agua de la Revolución 95 Part II. The Second Agrarian Reform 4. Life and Work on the Revolutionary Dam Site and Ejidos 131 5. (Counter)Revolutionary Dam, Pumps, and Pesticides 163 6. Rehabilitating El Agua de la Revolución 191 Epilogue. The Legacies of Water Use and Abuse in Neoliberal Mexico 219 Appendixes 231 Notes 239 Bibliography 287 Index 305
£98.60
Duke University Press Watering the Revolution
Book SynopsisMikael D. Wolfe transforms our understanding of the Mexican revolution and agrarian reform through an environmental and technological history of water management in the emblematic Laguna region, showing how the contested modernization of the region's irrigation network unintentionally contaminated the water supply, deepened social inequality, and undermined reform efforts.Trade Review"[Watering the Revolution] will alter how scholars understand Mexico’s emblematic agrarian reform in La Laguna and, one would hope, how teachers teach it. . . . Without a doubt a major contribution to the field." -- Matthew Vitz * H-LatAm, H-Net Reviews *"This book provides an almost entirely new disciplinary focus in Latin America by addressing the complex relationship between the environment and development: envirotech history. . . . Pioneering." -- Gavin O'Toole * Latin American Review of Books *"Mikael Wolfe has delivered a pivotally important contribution to the ongoing transformation of our understanding of Mexico during its long, often conflictive, always contested twentieth century." -- John Tutino * Journal of Social History *"Wolfe . . . meticulously unpack[s] the history of social conflict and revolutionary water management in northern Mexico’s La Laguna cotton heartland during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries." -- Patrick Cosby * H-Water, H-Net Reviews *"This book provides important insights into the tensions between the need to develop water resources sustainably and the need for socio-economic development. . . . A definite ‘must’ for scholars of Mexican agrarian history and scholars interested in understanding how politics, technology and the environment intertwine to shape the dynamics of water resources development and its impacts on society." -- Jaime Hoogesteger * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"A revealing portrait of the difficulties that undergird the rapprochement of economic development and environmental conservation, Watering the Revolution is necessary reading for upper-level undergraduate and graduate environmental history courses across geographical boundaries." -- Ela Miljkovic * Environment and History *"A landmark study. . . . This fresh vision of Mexican history over the long twentieth century should be considered as required reading for historians of technology, the environment, agrarian politics, and society in Latin America and beyond." -- Christopher Boyer * Environmental History *“A smart, well-crafted book.” -- Casey Walsh * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“The publication of this book by Mikael D. Wolfe is very good news for all scholars concerned with the twentieth-century history of Mexico and Latin America. Highly commended.” -- Luis Aboites Aguilar * Hispanic American Historical Review *“An impressive work of scholarship. Mikael D. Wolfe masterfully rewrites the history of Mexico’s arid north-central Laguna region.” -- Helga Baitenmann * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Though Wolfe’s research must fit into a broad spectrum of studies of the Laguna, the book’s focus on environmental history and its relationship to the history of technology differentiate this work from a long list of other publications. Indeed, it takes its rightful place in a current of Mexicanist historiography that chooses not to separate hydraulic and agrarian issues when studying diverse social spaces." -- Antonio Escobar Ohmstede * American Historical Review *"Wolfe’s book is interesting, convincing, and challenging. It is thorough, focused, and appropriately backed by statistical data." -- Eitan Ginzberg * EIAL *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Part I. El Agua de la Revolución (The Water of the Revolution) 1. River of Revolution 23 2. The Debate over Damming and Pumping El Agua de la Revolución 59 3. Distributing El Agua de la Revolución 95 Part II. The Second Agrarian Reform 4. Life and Work on the Revolutionary Dam Site and Ejidos 131 5. (Counter)Revolutionary Dam, Pumps, and Pesticides 163 6. Rehabilitating El Agua de la Revolución 191 Epilogue. The Legacies of Water Use and Abuse in Neoliberal Mexico 219 Appendixes 231 Notes 239 Bibliography 287 Index 305
£25.19
Duke University Press Fractivism
Book SynopsisSara Ann Wylie traces the history of fracking in the United States and how scientists, nonprofits, landowners, and everyday people are coming together to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable through the creation of digital platforms and databases that document fracking's devastating environmental and human health impacts.Trade Review"Wylie makes an exciting and timely scholarly contribution that is relevant well beyond the scope of those concerned with the anthropology of energy. This book is useful to social scientists to inform research and teaching on topics spanning science and technology studies, energy policy, sustainability,environmental health, digital humanities, and applied and design anthropology. The relevance of this work also extends beyond academia, and would be of great value not only to gas patch communities that are still struggling to demonstrate the links between chemical exposure and illness, but to community leaders and activists that are engaged in a growing array of citizen science initiatives." -- Amanda Poole * Conservation and Society *"Fractivism is an incredibly well-sourced book that presents and represents a kind of historical account of the newer applications of fracking technology (fracking reservoirs isn’t actually new) and various approaches scientists and communities are using to hold exploration companies accountable for the environmental problems resulting from fracking operations. . . . Well worth reading. Highly recommended. All readers." -- M. S. Field * Choice *"Written with a strong sense of conviction and urgency. . . . An important and timely book that offers essential reading for students, researchers, and activists interested in civic science and the David-and-Goliath struggle of the popular epidemiology movement to help grassroots groups document the toxic burden posed by petrochemical and fossil fuel facilities." -- Anthony E. Ladd * Mobilization *"It is a credit to the book that every chapter has its share of galling information about corporate malfeasance. . . . As forests burn and famine grows, the need for Wylie’s radical science and activism is ever more necessary." -- Miles Taylor * Synoptique *"Fracktivism is a meticulously researched and supported text. . . . For academics, lawmakers, and activists, Fracktivism may give either the insight, data, or motivation for a new platform in piercing the 'regimes of imperceptibility.'" -- Victor Hall * Natural Resources Journal *"Fractivism truly is an interdisciplinary work, combining insights and methodologies from anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, environmental science, and physiology. Wylie does a good job of integrating these perspectives to produce a compelling and detailed guide for collaborative environmental justice work." -- Kristen M. Schorpp * Nature and Culture *"Positioning matters of science and technology at the heart of environmental justice and the study of extractive industries, Wylie contributes to important debates in anthropology, applied social sciences and STS which concern the methodological and conceptual ability of these disciplines to challenge dominant paradigms." -- Anna Szolucha * Cambridge Journal of Anthropology *"Fractivism is especially useful for the classroom and for interdisciplinary researchers and students alike to understand how 'STS in practice' can be a model for material projects that unite those who want to try and find solutions with others—not in isolation. This book is a tool for those looking to utilize research, data, or analytical methods for social and environmental justice movements broadly." -- Leslie Quintanilla * Catalyst *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. An STS Analysis of Natural Gas Development in the United States 1 1. Securing the Natural Gas Boom: Oilfield Service Companies and Hydraulic Fracturing's Regulatory Exemptions 19 2. Methods for Following Chemicals: Seeing a Disruptive System and Forming a Disruptive Science 41 3. HEIRship: TEDX and Collective Inheritance 64 4. Stimulating Debate: Fracking, HEIRship, and TEDX's Generative Database 86 5. Industrial Relations and an Introduction to STS in Practice 115 6. ExtrAct: A Case Study in Methods for STS in Practice 137 7. Landman Report Card: Developing Web Tools for Socially Contentious Issues 165 8. From LRC to WellWatch: Designing Infrastructure for Participatory and Recursive Publics 191 9. WellWatch: Reflections on Designing Digital Media for Multisited Para-ethnography of Industrial Systems 219 10. The Fossil-Fuel Connection (with coauthor Len Albright) 247 Conclusion. Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds: A Call for Industrial Embodiment 279 Notes 305 References 333 Index 383
£112.20
Duke University Press The Extractive Zone
Book SynopsisIn The Extractive Zone Macarena Gómez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital. The work of Indigenous activists, intellectuals, and artists in spaces Gómez-Barris labels extractive zones—majority indigenous regions in South America noted for their biodiversity and long history of exploitative natural resource extraction—resist and refuse the terms of racial capital and the continued legacies of colonialism. Extending decolonial theory with race, sexuality, and critical Indigenous studies, Gómez-Barris develops new vocabularies for alternative forms of social and political life. She shows how from Colombia to southern Chile artists like filmmaker Huichaqueo Perez and visual artist Carolina Caycedo formulate decolonial aesthetics. She also examines the decolonizing politics of a Bolivian anarcho-feminist collective and a coalition in eastern EcuadTrade Review"The Extractive Zone offers a glimpse into what kind of world may be possible through the everyday practices and knowledges of submerged perspectives." -- Megan Spencer * The New Inquiry *"A timely study. . . . The result of substantive situated fieldwork. . . . There may be no greater testament to the value and urgency of decolonial approaches to embodied vernacular knowledge today." -- Kimberly Richards * TDR: The Drama Review *"Gómez-Barris’s compelling text grapples with the destruction and death dealt by extractive industries. . . . This is all provocative and engaging material, particularly when set against political economic critiques of extractivism." -- Joe Bryan * The Americas *"Gómez-Barris’s writing provides an anecdote to technocratic visions of 'green capitalism' by foregrounding questions of justice, identity, and the contingency of politics. Scholars interested in the debates animating anti-extractive social movements in Latin America and beyond should begin here." -- Matthew Shutzer * Enterprise & Society *"The Extractive Zone contributes an important feminist and indigenous hemispheric genealogy and cultural studies lens on current political economic debates circulating in Latin America and beyond regarding alternatives to growth-oriented, capitalist and extractive-based models of development. The book also complicates heroic and romantic readings of the conceptual and legal mechanisms surrounding the state-based rhetoric of buen vivir in Latin American constitutionalism that too often appear uncritically examined in scholarship produced in the global North." -- Kristina Lyons * Journal of Latin American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface. Below the Surface xiii Introduction. Submerged Perspectives 1 1. The Intangibility of the Yasuní 17 2. Andean Phenomenology and New Age Settler Colonialism 39 3. An Archive for the Future: Seeing through Occupation 66 4. A Fish-Eye Episteme: Seeing Below the River's Colonization 91 5. Decolonial Gestures: Anarcho-Feminist Indigenous Critique 110 Conclusion. The View from Below 133 Notes 139 Bibliography 165 Index 179
£70.55
Duke University Press Fractivism Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds
Book SynopsisSara Ann Wylie traces the history of fracking in the United States and how scientists, nonprofits, landowners, and everyday people are coming together to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable through the creation of digital platforms and databases that document fracking's devastating environmental and human health impacts.Trade Review"Wylie makes an exciting and timely scholarly contribution that is relevant well beyond the scope of those concerned with the anthropology of energy. This book is useful to social scientists to inform research and teaching on topics spanning science and technology studies, energy policy, sustainability,environmental health, digital humanities, and applied and design anthropology. The relevance of this work also extends beyond academia, and would be of great value not only to gas patch communities that are still struggling to demonstrate the links between chemical exposure and illness, but to community leaders and activists that are engaged in a growing array of citizen science initiatives." -- Amanda Poole * Conservation and Society *"Fractivism is an incredibly well-sourced book that presents and represents a kind of historical account of the newer applications of fracking technology (fracking reservoirs isn’t actually new) and various approaches scientists and communities are using to hold exploration companies accountable for the environmental problems resulting from fracking operations. . . . Well worth reading. Highly recommended. All readers." -- M. S. Field * Choice *"Written with a strong sense of conviction and urgency. . . . An important and timely book that offers essential reading for students, researchers, and activists interested in civic science and the David-and-Goliath struggle of the popular epidemiology movement to help grassroots groups document the toxic burden posed by petrochemical and fossil fuel facilities." -- Anthony E. Ladd * Mobilization *"It is a credit to the book that every chapter has its share of galling information about corporate malfeasance. . . . As forests burn and famine grows, the need for Wylie’s radical science and activism is ever more necessary." -- Miles Taylor * Synoptique *"Fracktivism is a meticulously researched and supported text. . . . For academics, lawmakers, and activists, Fracktivism may give either the insight, data, or motivation for a new platform in piercing the 'regimes of imperceptibility.'" -- Victor Hall * Natural Resources Journal *"Fractivism truly is an interdisciplinary work, combining insights and methodologies from anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, environmental science, and physiology. Wylie does a good job of integrating these perspectives to produce a compelling and detailed guide for collaborative environmental justice work." -- Kristen M. Schorpp * Nature and Culture *"Positioning matters of science and technology at the heart of environmental justice and the study of extractive industries, Wylie contributes to important debates in anthropology, applied social sciences and STS which concern the methodological and conceptual ability of these disciplines to challenge dominant paradigms." -- Anna Szolucha * Cambridge Journal of Anthropology *"Fractivism is especially useful for the classroom and for interdisciplinary researchers and students alike to understand how 'STS in practice' can be a model for material projects that unite those who want to try and find solutions with others—not in isolation. This book is a tool for those looking to utilize research, data, or analytical methods for social and environmental justice movements broadly." -- Leslie Quintanilla * Catalyst *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. An STS Analysis of Natural Gas Development in the United States 1 1. Securing the Natural Gas Boom: Oilfield Service Companies and Hydraulic Fracturing's Regulatory Exemptions 19 2. Methods for Following Chemicals: Seeing a Disruptive System and Forming a Disruptive Science 41 3. HEIRship: TEDX and Collective Inheritance 64 4. Stimulating Debate: Fracking, HEIRship, and TEDX's Generative Database 86 5. Industrial Relations and an Introduction to STS in Practice 115 6. ExtrAct: A Case Study in Methods for STS in Practice 137 7. Landman Report Card: Developing Web Tools for Socially Contentious Issues 165 8. From LRC to WellWatch: Designing Infrastructure for Participatory and Recursive Publics 191 9. WellWatch: Reflections on Designing Digital Media for Multisited Para-ethnography of Industrial Systems 219 10. The Fossil-Fuel Connection (with coauthor Len Albright) 247 Conclusion. Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds: A Call for Industrial Embodiment 279 Notes 305 References 333 Index 383
£27.90
Duke University Press A Primer for Teaching Environmental History
Book SynopsisTrade Review"More about possibilities than prescription, A Primer for Teaching Environmental History is one of the most compelling texts on course design I’ve encountered—which is why I will keep it nearby as I revise my own environmental and U.S. history courses." -- Amy Kohout * Western Historical Quarterly *"Wakild and Berry have accomplished a first. They have published a usable, innovative, and relevant guide to teaching environmental history that should be on every historian’s bookshelf at a time when enrollment trends jeopardize the stability and future of the humanities. From this perspective,Wakild and Berry provide a compelling defense of the profession. Instructors must continue to adapt to the shifting landscape of academia in the twenty-first century. It is only fitting that environmental historians be at the forefront of that effort." -- Brittany B. Fremion * Environmental History *"The richness of content and context provided by Wakild and Berry makes it hard to not want to teach a course on environmental history, or at the very least attempt one of the assignments outlined in the book. Still, the book deserves a wider audience than just those who might readily see its appeal and educators from a variety of fields and levels of experience could find ways to adapt the approaches to their lesson plans and goals. It is an excellent starting point for designing a new course or even refreshing the content of an existing one." -- Abbey Lewis * Electronic Green Journal *"Every environmental historian, or those wishing to inject a little environmental history into their curriculum, should read [this book]. It is a rich and engaging resource for all aspects of environmental history pedagogy. The authors have a wealth of teaching experience and their enthusiasm for their subject is infectious." -- Frank Zelko * Journal of World History *“This very timely and important book has ideas for almost every kind of educator, and a little environmental history can go a long way. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues who teach in both high schools and colleges, and I recommend it to you now.” -- Raechel Lutz * H-Environment, H-Net Reviews *"This book has the immense merit of inviting all historians to consider the need to integrate a material and ecological dimension into their teaching." -- Renaud Becot * Review of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: How to Make Use of This Book ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Approaches 1. The Fruit: Into Their Lunch Bags to Teach Relevance and Globalization with Food 13 2. The Seed: Using Learning Objectives to Build a Course 27 3. The Hatchet: Wielding Critique to Reconsider Periodization and Place 39 4. The Llama: Recruiting Animals to Blend Nature and Culture 53 Part II. Pathways 5. The Fields: Science and Going Outside 71 6. The Land: Sense of Place, Recognition of Spirit 85 7. The Power: Energy and Water Regimes 99 Part III. Applications 8. The People: Environmental Justice, Slow Violence, and Project-Based Learning 115 9. The Tools: Using Technology to Enhance Environmental History 131 10. The Test: Assessment Methods, Rubrics, and Writing 141 Epilogue 151 Notes 153 Bibliography 163 Index 177
£86.70
Duke University Press A Primer for Teaching Environmental History
Book SynopsisTrade Review"More about possibilities than prescription, A Primer for Teaching Environmental History is one of the most compelling texts on course design I’ve encountered—which is why I will keep it nearby as I revise my own environmental and U.S. history courses." -- Amy Kohout * Western Historical Quarterly *"Wakild and Berry have accomplished a first. They have published a usable, innovative, and relevant guide to teaching environmental history that should be on every historian’s bookshelf at a time when enrollment trends jeopardize the stability and future of the humanities. From this perspective,Wakild and Berry provide a compelling defense of the profession. Instructors must continue to adapt to the shifting landscape of academia in the twenty-first century. It is only fitting that environmental historians be at the forefront of that effort." -- Brittany B. Fremion * Environmental History *"The richness of content and context provided by Wakild and Berry makes it hard to not want to teach a course on environmental history, or at the very least attempt one of the assignments outlined in the book. Still, the book deserves a wider audience than just those who might readily see its appeal and educators from a variety of fields and levels of experience could find ways to adapt the approaches to their lesson plans and goals. It is an excellent starting point for designing a new course or even refreshing the content of an existing one." -- Abbey Lewis * Electronic Green Journal *"Every environmental historian, or those wishing to inject a little environmental history into their curriculum, should read [this book]. It is a rich and engaging resource for all aspects of environmental history pedagogy. The authors have a wealth of teaching experience and their enthusiasm for their subject is infectious." -- Frank Zelko * Journal of World History *“This very timely and important book has ideas for almost every kind of educator, and a little environmental history can go a long way. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues who teach in both high schools and colleges, and I recommend it to you now.” -- Raechel Lutz * H-Environment, H-Net Reviews *"This book has the immense merit of inviting all historians to consider the need to integrate a material and ecological dimension into their teaching." -- Renaud Becot * Review of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Studies *Table of ContentsPreface: How to Make Use of This Book ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Approaches 1. The Fruit: Into Their Lunch Bags to Teach Relevance and Globalization with Food 13 2. The Seed: Using Learning Objectives to Build a Course 27 3. The Hatchet: Wielding Critique to Reconsider Periodization and Place 39 4. The Llama: Recruiting Animals to Blend Nature and Culture 53 Part II. Pathways 5. The Fields: Science and Going Outside 71 6. The Land: Sense of Place, Recognition of Spirit 85 7. The Power: Energy and Water Regimes 99 Part III. Applications 8. The People: Environmental Justice, Slow Violence, and Project-Based Learning 115 9. The Tools: Using Technology to Enhance Environmental History 131 10. The Test: Assessment Methods, Rubrics, and Writing 141 Epilogue 151 Notes 153 Bibliography 163 Index 177
£22.79
University of Pittsburgh Press Conservation And The Gospel Of Efficiency
Book SynopsisWritten in the 1950s, Hays' work provides a history of the conservation movement's origins and provides a context for contemporary environmental problems and possible solutions. It shows how conservation came about as a an attempt by scientists to apply their skills to the use of natural resources.
£40.50
University of Pittsburgh Press Turning Points of Environmental History The
Book SynopsisIn this volume, an international group of environmental historians examine the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history.
£37.95
