April 2005 (10:2)

Articles:

Gregg Mitman, “In Search of Health: Landscape and Disease in American Environmental History,” 184-210.

Diana K. Davis, “Potential Forests: Degradation Narratives. Science, and Environmental Policy in Protectorate Morocco, 1912-1956,” 211-238.

Peder Anker, “The Ecological Colonization of Space,” 239-268.

Nancy Shoemaker, “Whale Meat in American History,” 269-294.

Reflections:

Jonathan Spaulding, “On 'L.A. Light / Motion / Dreams'’: Developing an Exhibition on the Natural and Cultural History of Los Angeles,” 295-313.

Gallery:

Kate B. Showers on Mapping African Soil, 314-320.

Book Reviews:

From a Few to All: Long-term Development of Water and Environmental Services in Finland. Edited by Petri S. Juuti and Tapio S. Katko. Pieksamakik, Finland: KehraMedia Inc., 2004. 175 pp. Reviewed by Hilde Ibsen.

Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor: A Unique Environmental Success Story. By Eric Jay Dolin. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004. xi + 240 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $34.95. Reviewed by Christopher J. Bosso.

The River We Have Wrought: A History of the Upper Mississippi. By John O. Anfinson. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. 336 pp. Cloth $29.95. Reviewed by Karin Ellison.

Big Sky Rivers: The Yellowstone & Upper Missouri. By Robert Kelley Schneiders. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003. xviii + 374 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00. Reviewed by Karin Ellison.

Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America. By Virginia DeJohn Anderson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. xi + 322 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $37.50. Reviewed by Richard W. Bulliet.

The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley. By Warren R. Hofstra. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xv + 410 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $49.95. Reviewed by Keir B. Sterling.

Tapping the Pines: The Naval Stores Industry in the American South. By Robert B. Outland III. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. xii + 352 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $47.95. Reviewed by Thomas J. Straka.

Looking for Longleaf: The Rise and Fall of an American Forest. By Lawrence S. Early. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. x+322 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $27.50. Reviewed by Stephanie Pincetl.

Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America. By Shaul E. Cohen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. xiii + 210 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $34.95. Reviewed by Thomas Hallock.

Saving the Big Thicket: From Exploration to Preservation, 1685-2003. By James J. Corzine, Jr. Denton: University of North Texas Press in association with the Big Thicket Association, 2004. xii + 289 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95. Reviewed by Robert D. Baker.

Cumberland Island National Seashore: A History of Conservation Conflict. By Lary M. Dilsaver. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004. x + 323 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $35.00 Reviewed by Kimberly R. Sebold.

Northern Landscapes: The Struggle for Wilderness Alaska. By Daniel Nelson, Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2004. vii+312 pp. Map, notes, index. Cloth $36.95, Paper $22.95. Reviewed by Clayton T. Russell.

Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts. Edited by David Stradling. Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic Series, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. xii + 110 pp. Notes, bibliographic essay, index. Paper $12.95. Reviewed by Donald R. Theoe.

The Making of Environmental Law. By Richard J. Lazarus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. xvi+318 pp. Notes, index. $35.00. Reviewed by Jonathan Cannon.

From Apocalypse to Way of Life: Environmental Crisis in the American Century. By Frederick Buell. New York: Routledge, 2003, xviii + 390 pp. Notes, index. $29.95. Reviewed by O. Alan Weltzien.

Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective. By Samuel J. Walker. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. xi + 303 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $24.95. Reviewed by Erik Conway.

The Technological Fix: How People Use Technology to Create and Solve Problems. Edited by Lisa Rosner. New York: Routledge, 2004. 265 pp. Illustrations, notes, list of contributors, index. Paper $24.95. Reviewed by Lisa M. Brady.

Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture. By John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004. xiii + 293 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $34.95. Reviewed by Peter Norton.

Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies. By Annie Gilbert Coleman. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. xii + 299 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95. Reviewed by Joan Zenzen.

Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory. By Bonnie Lynn-Sherow. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. vii + 186 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. $29.95. Reviewed by John Herd Thompson.

Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Edited by Mark V. Lomolino, Dov F. Sax, and James H. Brown. Chicago: University of Chicago Press in association with the International Biogeography Society and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 2004. xx+1291 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, notes, references, index. Paper $45.00. Reviewed by Karen B. Arabas.