April 2007 (12:2)

Articles:

William M. Tsutsui. “Looking Straight at THEM! Understanding the Big Bug Movies of the 1950s," 237-253.

Peder Anker. “Graphic Language: Herbert Bayer's Environmental Design,” 254-279.

Special Forum: "Films Every Environmental Historian Should See," 280-393.

Gallery:

Thomas Zeller  on August Sander's Rhine Landscapes , 394-398.

Book Reviews:

Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration . By Marcus Hall. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. xiv + 310 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $35.00. Reviewed by Jim Sherow.

Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America . By Rocky Barker. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2005. 277 pp. Includes illustrations, notes, and index. Cloth $24.95. Reviewed by Sara Dant Ewert.

Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America . By John Leland. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. 235 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $29.95. Reviewed by Bruce Shelvey.

In the Company of Crows and Ravens . By John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell. Foreword by Paul Erhlich. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. xx + 400 pp. Includes appendix, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $30.00. Reviewed by Cynthia Melendy. /p>

The Chicago River: An Illustrated History and Guide to the River and Its Waterways . 2nd ed. By David M. Solzman. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2006. xiii + 289 pages. Includes illustrations, bibliography, and index. Cloth $20.00. Reviewed by Theodore A. Strathman.

Next to Godliness: Confronting Dirt and Despair in Progressive Era New York City . By Daniel Eli Burnstein. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2006. x + 200 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $38.00. Reviewed by Mark Tebeau.

New Jersey's Environment: Past, Present, and Future . Edited by Neil M. Maher. New Brunswick, NJ, and London: Rutgers University Press, 2006. vi + 212 pp. Includes illustrations, notes, tables, maps, and index. Paper $21.95. Reviewed by Jordan Kleiman.

The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy. By Richardson Dilworth . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. x + 267 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. Cloth $52.50. Reviewed by Charles Closmann.

The Code of the City: Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making . By Eran Ben-Joseph. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. xxi + 241 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $24.00. Reviewed by Charles Closmann.

Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II South . By Pete Daniel. Baton Rouge: University of Louisiana Press with the Smithsonian Museum of American History, 2005. xii + 209 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $26.95. Reviewed by David Rosner

The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution. Edited by Robert D. Bullard. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books and University of California Press, 2005. xx + 393 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Paper $18.95. Reviewed by Sylvia Hood Washington.

Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy. Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute, 2005. 467 pp. Index, notes, references. Paper $22.95. Reviewed by Roger Hamilton.

John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures. Edited by Sally M. Miller and Daryl Morrison. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. xii + 281 pages. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $29.95. Reviewed by Dennis Williams.

Reconnecting with John Muir: Essays in Post-Pastoral Practice . By Terry Gifford. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2006. x + 201 pages. Appendices, notes, index. Cloth $39.95. Reviewed by Dennis Williams.

Green Republican: John Saylor and the Preservation of America's Wilderness . By Thomas G. Smith. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. x + 404 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $40.00. Reviewed by Jay Turner.

Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources. By M. Kat Anderson. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005. xxix + 526 pp. Includes illustrations, notes, tables, bibliography, and index. Cloth $50.00, paper $19.95. Reviewed by Amy L. Ollendorf.

Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850 . By Sujit Sivasundaram. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and São Paulo: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xi + 244 pp. Includes illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $80.00. Reviewed by Daniel Lewis.

Discovering Nature: Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan. By Robert P. Weller. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, and São Paulo: Cambridge University Press, 2006. viii + 189 pp. Includes illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $70.00, paper $27.99. Reviewed by Robert B. Marks.

Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia. Edited by Peter Boomgaard, David Henley, and Manon Osseweijer. Leiden, The Netherlands: KITLV Press, 2005. viii + 418 pp. Illustrations, bibliographies, indexes. Paper €35.00. Reviewed by Dan Tamir.

The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze: India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856. By David Arnold. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006. xii + 298 pp. Includes illustrations, notes bibliography, and index. Cloth $50.00. Reviewed by Thomas Robertson.

After The Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC. By Steven Mithen. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. xiii + 622 pages. Includes illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. Paper $18.95. Reviewed by Eva Swidler.