April 2006 (11:2)

Articles:

Gunther Peck.  “The Nature of Labor: Fault Lines and Common Ground in Environmental and Labor History”
 
 Mark Hersey. “Hints and Suggestions to Farmers: The Environmental Ethic of George Washington Carver and the Plight of Black Farmers in Macon County, Alabama.”
 
Joy Parr. “Smells Like?: Sources of Uncertainty in the History of the Great Lakes Environment.”
 
William Husband. “Correcting Nature’s Mistakes: Transforming the Environment and Soviet Children’s Literature, 1928-1941.”
 
Benjamin Weil. “Conservation, Exploitation, and Cultural Change in the Indian Forest Service, 1875-1927.”

Gallery:

“Tom Straka on Chris Kreider’s ‘Ely Charcoal Ovens’ and Nevada’s Carbonari.”

Book Reviews:

The Fisherman’s Problem: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980. By Arthur F. McEvoy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Reviewed by Joseph E. Taylor III.

Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea. By Helen M. Rozwadowski. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. xv + 276 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $29.95. Reviewed by Michael S. Reidy.

Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Edited by William Deverell and Greg Hise. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. viii + 350 pp. Tables, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.  Reviewed by Colin Fisher.

City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History. Edited by Jeffry M. Diefendorf and Kurk Dorsey. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005. viii + 296 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $22.95. Reviewed by Robert M. Rakoff.

Incorporare la natura: Storie ambientali del novecento [To Incorporate Nature: Environmental History of the 1900s]. By Simone Neri Serneri. Rome: Carocci, 2005. 335pp. Endnotes. $30. Reviewed by Marco Armiero.

Diamond: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor. By Steve Lerner. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2005. xiii + 303 pp. Photographs, notes, index. Cloth $27.95. Reviewed by Anthony E. Ladd.

Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution. Edited by E. Melanie DuPuis. New York: New York University Press, 2004. viii + 360 pp. Notes, references, index. $65 hard cover, $22 paper. Reviewed by Indur M. Goklany.

Martin Mere: Lancashire’s Lost Lake. By W. G. Hale and Audrey Coney. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2005. xvi + 264 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $25. Reviewed by Angus Winchester.

Os historiadores e os rios: natureza e ruína na Amazônia brasileira  [The Historians and the Rivers: Nature and Ruin in the Brazilian Amazon]. By Victor Leonardi. Brasilia: Editora Universidade de Brasilia, 1999. Published in Portuguese only. 270 pp. Illustrations, references, index. $11.75. Reviewed by Roger Hamilton.

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management. Edited by Michael Bonnell and Sampruno Bruijnzeel. International Hydrology Series. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xvvii+925 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. $300. Reviewed by Sterling Evans.

Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar. By Christian A. Kull. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, xiv + 314 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Paper, $25. Reviewed by Judith Mayer.

Igniting the Caribbean’s Past: Fire in British West Indian History. By Bonham C. Richardson. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2004, xvi + 233 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $59.95, paper $19.95. Reviewed by Judith Mayer.

The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America’s Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism. By Robert Righter. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. illus, notes, index, xxiii-303. $30. Reviewed by Dennis Williams.

Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest. By Joan Maloof. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005. xvi + 156 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes. $24.95. Reviewed by Lori Vermaas.

Nature’s Altars: Mountains, Gender, and American Environmentalism. By Susan R. Schrepfer. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2005. xii+316 pp. Map, illustrations, notes, index. $35. Reviewed by Linda Nash.

William J. Spillman and the Birth of Agricultural Economics. By Laurie Winn Carlson. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005. 210 pp. Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. $39.95. Reviewed by Sara M. Gregg.

Preserving Western History. Edited by Andrew Gulliford. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. vii + 415 pages, photographs, drawings, maps, bibliography, index. $34.95 paperback. Reviewed by Emily Brock.

A Time to Every Purpose: The Four Seasons in American Culture. By Michael Kammen. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 336 pages, illustrations, notes, index. $39.95. Reviewed by Philip V. Scarpino.

Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. Edited by Lorraine Daston & Gregg Mitman. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. vi + 230 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, index. $49.50. Reviewed by Dale D. Goble.

The American Wilderness: Reflections on Nature Protection in the United States. By Thomas R. Vale. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 2005. 292 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, bibliography, index. $45.00. Reviewed by Mark V. Barrow, Jr.

Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie. By Paul A. Johnsgard. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. xvi + 243 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, appendix, bibliography, index. $29.95. Reviewed by Eric G. Bolen.

On the River with Lewis and Clark. By Verne Huser. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2004. xiv + 205 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $40.00, paper $17.95. Reviewed by Jack Petree.