October 1999 (4:4)

Articles:

Mauricio Schoijet, "Limits to Growth and the Rise of Catastrophism," 515-30.

Susan Jones, "Becoming a Pest: Prairie Dog Ecology and the Human Economy in the Euroamerican West," 531-52.

Paul Sutter, "'A Retreat from Profit': Colonization, the Appalachian Trail, and the Social Roots of Benton MacKaye's Wilderness Advocacy," 553-577.

Book Reviews:

Nature: Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times. By Peter Coates. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. viii + 246 pp. Reviewed by Richard White.

National Parks and the Woman's Voice: A History. By Polly Welts Kaufman. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. xvi + 305 pp. Reviewed by James A. Pritchard.

The Young John Muir: An Environmental Biography. By Steven J. Holmes. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. xv + 309 pp. Reviewed by Sally M. Miller.

Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal. By James Wright Steely: Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. xxi + 274 pp. Reviewed by Richard Melzer.

The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America. By David S. Wilcove, forward by Edward O. Wilson. New York: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1999. xix + 241 pp. Reviewed by Vicki Daitch.

Who Owns America?: Social Conflict Over Property Rights. Edited by Harvey M. Jacobs. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. xvii + 268 pp. Reviewed by Robert M. Rakoff.

The Tropical Timber Trade Regime. By Fred P. Gale. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. svi + 287 pp. Reviewed by Allen W. Palmer.

Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History. By Bonnie McCay. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998. xxxi + 246 pp. Reviewed by Dale Goble.

Governing the Frozen Commons: The Antarctic Regime and Environmental Protection. By Christopher C. Joyner. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998. 363 pp. Reviewed by Stephen J. Pyne.

The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica. By Sterling Evans. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. xvi + 317 pp. Reviewed by Susan E. Place.

The German Greens: Paradox Between Movement and Party. Edited by Margit Mayer and John Ely. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. vi + 344 pp. Reviewed by Brian Bonhomme.

The Struggle for Water: Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest. By Wendy Nelson Espeland. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. xvi + 281 pp. Reviewed by Peter Iverson.

Uphill Struggle Against Water: The Great Dakota Water War. By Peter Carrels. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. xv + 238 pp. Reviewed by Stephen C. Sturgeon.

Water! Evolution of Water Supply and Sanitation in Finland from the Mid-1800s to 2000. By Tapio S. Katko. Helsinki: Finnish Water and Waste Water Works Association, 1997. Reviewed by Martin V. Melosi.

A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal. By Allan Mazur. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998. xiv + 255 pp. Reviewed by Hugh S. Gorman.

Nature Wars: People vs. Pests. By Mark L. Winston. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997. x + 210 pp. Reviewed by Linda Lear.

Western Technological Landscapes. Edited by Stephen Tchudi. Reno: Nevada Humanities Committee, 1998. xii + 204 pp. Reviewed by Timothy J. LeCain.