October 2005 (10:4)

Articles:

Peter A. Coates, “The Strange Stillness of the Past: Toward an Environmental History of Sound and Noise,” 636-665.

Anniversary Forum :

Karl Appuhn, Lawrence Buell, Joyce Chaplin, Mark Cioc, Craig Colten, William Cronon, Carole L. Crumley, Mark Elvin, Brian Fagan, Deborah Fitzgerald, Dianne D. Glave, Lorne Hammond, Robert Pogue Harrison, Mark Harvey, Richard C. Hoffmann, J. Donald Hughes, Margaret Humphreys, Nancy Jacobs, Stephen R. Kellert, Matthew Klingle, Shepard Krech III, Gregory H. Maddox, Arthur F. McEvoy, Martin V. Melosi, Kathryn Morse, Sara B. Pritchard, Cynthia Radding, Candace Slater, Thomas P. Slaughter, Ted Steinberg, Joel A. Tarr, Alan Taylor, Conrad Totman, Ian Tyrrell, Conevery Bolten Valencius, Laura Dassow Walls, James L. A. Webb, Jr., Elliot West, and Michael Williams, “What Books Should Be More Widely Read in Environmental History?” 666-769.

Gallery:

Spencer Weart on Depicting Global Warming, 770-775.

Dale D. Goble, Paul Hirt, and Susan J. Kilgore on Environmental Cartoons, 776-792.

Book Reviews:

People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America. Edited by Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, and Jose M. V. Fragaso. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. xiii + 464 pp. Charts, tables, maps, bibliography, index, $39.50. Reviewed by David Aagesen.

A Shifting Shore: Locals, Outsiders, and the Transformation of a French Fishing Town, 1823-2000. By Alice Garner. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2005. ix + 286 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95. Reviewed by Michael Bess.

Antarctic Challenges: Historical and Current Perspectives on Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903. Edited by Aant Elzinga, Torgny Nordin, David Turner, and Urban Wråkberg. Göteborg, Sweden: Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, 2004. 330pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, list of contributors, index. Reviewed by C. Michael Hall.

The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock, and the Environment, 1770-1950. By William Beinart. Oxford: Oxford University Press. iii + 425 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables. $165.00. Reviewed by Nancy Jacobs.

Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society. By Pradyumna P. Karan. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005. 416 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $75.00, cloth; $45.00, paper. Reviewed by Cary Karacas.

A Change in the Weather: Climate and Culture in Australia. Edited by Tim Sherratt, Tom Griffiths, and Libby Robin. Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press, 2005. 216 pp. Illustrations, photos, maps, tables, notes, index. Australian $49.95. Reviewed by Carla C. Keirns.

Mappae Mundi: Humans and their Habitats in a Long-Term Socio-Ecological Perspective: Myths, Maps, and Models. Edited by Bert de Vries and Johan Goudsblom. Amsterdam [Netherlands]: Amsterdam University Press; distributed in the United States by the University of Chicago Press, 2003. 470 pp. Figures, tables, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Reviewed by Edmund Burke.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS: The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution. By Carolyn Merchant. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980. xx + 348 pp. Includes bibliographic references and index. Re-inspiration, Recommitment, and Revolution: Revisiting The Death of Nature by Carolyn Merchant,” By Noël Sturgeon: “Carolyn Merchant’s The Death of Nature at 25 Years,” By Donald Worster; and “Decaying Nature/Natural Beauty. How to find Refuge Post The Death of Nature?” By Vera Norwood.