January 2005 (10:1)

Articles:

Donald Worster, “John Muir and the Modern Passion for Nature, ” 8-19.

Reflections:

Nancy Langston, “On Teaching World Forest History,” 20-29.

Anniversary Forum:

Michael Bess, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Angela Gugliotta, Ramachandra Guha, Marcus Hall, David Igler, Susan D. Jones, Thomas Lekan, Michael Lewis, Robert B. Marks, James C. McCann, Tom McCarthy, J. R. McNeill, Linda Nash, Philip J. Pauly, Steve Pyne, Harriet Ritvo, Christine Meisner Rosen, Edmund Russell, Paul Sabin, Douglas Cazaux Sackman, Daniel W. Schneider, Andrew Sluyter, John Soluri, Ellen Stroud, Paul S. Sutter, William M. Tsutsui, Petra J.E.M. van Dam, and Lance van Sittert, “What’s Next for Environmental History?” 30-109.

Gallery:

Tom Dunlap on Early Bird Guides, 110-118.

Book Reviews:

Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. Edited by Shepard Krech, III, J. R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant. New York: Routledge, 2004. 3 vols. Illustrations, maps, list of contributors, further reading, index. $495. Reviewed by Edmund Russell.

Planning in Iceland: From the Settlement to Present Times. By Trausti Valsson. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2003. 480p. Illustrations, maps, references, index. Cloth $78. Reviewed by Peder Anker.

Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia. Edited by Paul Greenough and Anna Lowenhaupt. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003. xii + 428 pp. Notes, bibliography, list of contributors, index. Cloth $89.95, paper $24.95. Reviewed by David Biggs.

Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England. Edited by David R. Foster and John D. Aber. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. xiv + 477 pp. Illustrations, figures, maps, bibliographic essay, bibliography, list of contributors, index. Cloth $45.00. Reviewed by Christopher McGrory Klyza.

Walden Pond: A History. By W. Barksdale Maynard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. x + 404 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $35.00. Reviewed by Charles H.W. Foster.

Jack Ward Thomas: The Journals of a Forest Service Chief. Edited by Harold K. Steen. Durham: Forest History Society, in association with the University of Washington Press, 2004. 417 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $30.00. Reviewed by Thomas G. Alexander.

Your Land and Mine: Evolution of a Conservationist. By Edgar Wayburn and Allison Alsup. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004. 319 pp. Illustrations, index. $35.00 Reviewed by J. Brooks Flippen.

The Machine in Neptune’s Garden: Historical Perspectives on Technology and the Marine Environment. Edited by Helen M. Rozwadowski and David K. van Keuren. Canton, Mass.: Science History Publications, 2004. 399 pp. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cloth $49.95. Reviewed by Jacob Darwin Hamblin.

Inventing for the Environment. Edited by Arthur Molella and Joyce Bedi. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003. ix+ 398 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $29.95. Reviewed by Anthony N. Penna.

Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks. By Jay M. Price. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2004. xx + 242 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00. Reviewed by M. Guy Bishop.

Voyageurs National Park: The Battle to Create Minnesota’s National Park. By Fred T. Witzig. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. vii + 301 pp. Maps, notes, legislative chronology, bibliography, index. Paper $24.95. Reviewed by Sean Kheraj.

Buyways: Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape. By Catherine Gudis. New York: Routledge, 2004. viii+333 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $22.00 Reviewed by Patrick Nunnally.

Changing Mines in America. By Peter Goin and C. Elizabeth Raymond. Santa Fe, NM: Center for American Places: Distributed by University of Chicago Press, 2004. xxxii + 207 pp. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cloth $55.00, paper $27.50. Reviewed by Christina Rabe Seger.

Romantic Rocks, Aesthetic Geology. By Noah Heringman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. xix + 304 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $47.50. Reviewed by Ian D. Rotherham.

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan: A History of Knowledge and Action toward Sustainability. By Kenneth E. Wilkening. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. vii + 322 pp. Tables, charts, notes, bibliography, index. Paper, $19.00. Reviewed by K. Gwen Beacham.

Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance. Edited by Clark Miller and Paul N. Edwards. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001. xii + 385 pp.; figures, tables, bibliography, index. Paper $32.00. Reviewed by Gregory T. Cushman.

 

Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America. By Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O’Gara and Henry M. Reeves. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2004. xvii + 175 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95. Reviewed by John F. Reiger.