Record Type: Book
Author(s): Johnson, Christopher and David Govatski
Title: Forests for the People: The Story of America’s Eastern National Forests
Publisher: Island Press
Place of Publication: Washington, DC
Date of Publication: 2013
Description: xii + 394 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Documents how the disappearing forests of the Northeast, South, and Upper Midwest were saved as part of a new eastern national forest system during the early twentieth century. Looks at the works culminating in the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911. Also includes case studies of modern issues effecting national forests in the East.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Stroud, Ellen
Title: Nature Next Door: Cities and Trees in the American Northeast
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Place of Publication: Seattle
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xx + 207 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Examines the many factors and agents that facilitated the transformation of the U.S. Northeast from a landscape of pastures to forest during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focuses on the early twentieth century work of individuals like Joseph Rothrock, Mira Lloyd Dock, and Philip Ayers, as well as the importance of tax law changes and other state government policy in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and New York.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Pearson, Chris
Title: Mobilizing Nature: The Environmental History of War and Militarization in Modern France
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Place of Publication: Manchester, UK
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xiv + 320 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Traces the environmental history of war and militarization in modern France, beginning with the creation of Châlons Camp in 1857 and ending with the development of military environmentalist policies in the twentieth-first century. Includes analysis of the Franco-Prussian War, the world wars, the Cold War and the anti-military base campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s, including Larzac.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): LaFollette, Marcel Chotkowski
Title: Science on American Television: A History
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date of Publication: 2013
Description: x + 306 pp. Illustrations, figures, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: A history of the presentation of science on American television from the 1940s to the turn of the twenty-first century. Includes analysis of the content of shows, audience and advertiser responses, the role of news in addressing scientific topics, and conflicts between scientists and television executives. Author argues that the use of television as a medium for science education was ultimately a disappointment.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Orenstein, Daniel E., et al.
Title: Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication: Pittsburgh
Date of Publication: 2013
Description: xv + 400 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, index.
Abstract: A collection of essays providing a survey of the environmental history of Israel, from Palestine in the Late Ottoman Period through modern twenty-first century issues. Examines the impact of population growth, agricultural issues, desertification, pollution, militarism, sustainable development, urban land use, and much more.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Loeffler, Jack, and Celestia Loeffler
Title: Thinking Like a Watershed: Voices from the West
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Place of Publication: Albuquerque
Date of Publication: 2013
Description: xii + 266 pp. Illustrations.
Abstract: Essays and interviews from residents of the American Southwest looking at relationships between watersheds, the arid environment, and local culture. Includes essays on topics such as Navajo water rights, political battles over the water resources of the Colorado River, and watershed conservation efforts.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Bristol, George
Title: On Politics and Parks
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Place of Publication: College Station
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xiv + 343 pp. Illustrations, index.
Abstract: An autobiography of George Bristol, discussing his political careers and his work for the National Park Foundation. Bristol worked with presidents Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. He also championed conservation and public parks, helping raise the stature of the National Park Service, and solidified funding for the Texas park system.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Sachs, Aaron
Title: Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Place of Publication: New Haven
Date of Publication: 2013
Description: xi + 484 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Discusses nineteenth century American notions of gardens and the natural world, and the use of nature by the era’s writers, painters, urban planners, and landscape architects. Also addresses the cemetery as a public space of nature brought into cities, and how they represent one of America’s best environmental ideas.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Sodikoff, Genese Marie
Title: Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Place of Publication: Bloomington
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: . xix + 245 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Details the conflicts surrounding conservation work in Madagascar during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Looks at the sometimes competing interests of foreign conservation organizations, ecotourism, local rural workers, and the state government over the unique forests of Madagascar.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Smout, T. C. and Mairi Stewart
Title: The Firth of Forth: An Environmental History
Publisher: Birlinn
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xiv + 306 pp. Illustrations, figures, maps, tables, notes, index.
Abstract: A detailed environmental history of Scotland’s Firth of Forth, from prehistoric times through the beginning of the twenty-first century. Documents the historical importance of this estuary near Edinburgh, looking at topics such as hunting, fishing, industrialization, pollution, conservation, and more.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Black, Brian C. and Michael J. Chiarappa
Title: Nature’s Entrepot: Philadelphia’s Urban Sphere and its Environmental Thresholds
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication: Pittsburgh
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: vi + 367 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index.
Abstract: A collection of essays documenting the environmental history of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first century. Topics examined include the development of Fairmount Park, the Yellow Fever outbreak, water resources development, suburbanization, local environmental justice activism, and more.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Mithen, Steven
Title: Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xvii + 347 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: An overview of the human relationship with water, from the earliest prehistoric communities to modern times. Includes analysis of water management and hydraulic engineering in early Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient China, the Maya of Mesoamerica, the Inca Empire, and many other civilizations throughout world history.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Johnson, Charles K.
Title: Standing at the Water’s Edge: Bob Straub’s Battle for the Soul of Oregon
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Place of Publication: Corvallis
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xiv + 338 pp. Illustrations, notes, index.
Abstract: A biography of Robert Straub (1920-2002), an Oregon politician who played an active role in the state’s financial and environmental issues during the 1960s and 1970s. Straub worked to protect the Oregon coast, clean up the Willamette River, and promote a Willamette Greenway plan.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Heffernan, Trova
Title: Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Place of Publication: Seattle
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: ix + 322 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Billy Frank Jr. was an early participant in the fight for Northwest Indian fishing rights during the 1960s. His efforts helped bring about the 1974 ruling by Federal Judge George H. Boldt affirming Northwest tribal fishing rights and allocating half the harvestable catch to them. Author uses extensive interviews with Frank, his family, close advisers, political allies, and former foes, as well as archival research.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Foote, Stephanie and Elizabeth Mazzolini
Title: Histories of the Dustheap: Waste, Material Cultures, Social Justice
Publisher: MIT Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: vii + 291 pp. Tables, index.
Abstract: A collection of original essays using garbage and waste to examine broader social and cultural issues. Topics examined include toxic waste at Love Canal, garbage on Mount Everest, contamination in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and more.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Finch, Bill, et al.
Title: Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See: A New Vision of North America’s Richest Forest
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xxi + 176 pp. Illustrations, maps, index.
Abstract: An illustrated natural history of the longleaf pine. Includes discussion of the longleaf’s historic importance to southern culture, the decline of longleaf forests, successful conservation efforts, fire ecology, and restoration work.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Crawford, Robert L. and William R. Brueckheimer
Title: The Legacy of a Red Hills Hunting Plantation: Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Place of Publication: Gainesville
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xvi + 335 pp. Illustrations, index.
Abstract: An illustrated history of Henry L. Beadel’s Red Hills Plantation in south Georgia and northern Florida, which became Tall Timbers Research Station after Beadel’s death in 1958. Documents Beadel’s evolution from sportsman to conservationist, and the plantation’s influential role in the ecological study of longleaf pine.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Lockwood, Alan H.
Title: The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health
Publisher: MIT Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xi + 229 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, index.
Abstract: Author studies the health impacts of burning coal, including examinations of coal’s chemical makeup, as well as its mining, transportation, burning, and disposal. Looks at the effects of coal pollution on human health in the United States over the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Carter, Eric D.
Title: Enemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Place of Publication: Tuscaloosa
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xv + 283 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: An examination of malaria control in Argentina from the 1890s through the mid-twentieth century. Documents the battle to eradicate malaria during this time period, as well as issues involving public health politics, foreign scientific involvement, disease ecology, emerging technology, and shifting malaria control strategies.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Martini, Edwin A.
Title: Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Place of Publication: Amherst
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xvi + 302 pp. Illustrations, notes, index.
Abstract: Examines the impact of Agent Orange herbicides, used by the American military in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. Investigates in detail the lasting impacts of chemical defoliant herbicides on the environment, the local population, and the military.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Barry, Joyce M.
Title: Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Place of Publication: Athens, OH
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xii + 190 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Looks at the efforts by women in West Virginia during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries to end mountaintop removal coal mining. Looks at their work promoting alternative energy resources, as well as their environmental advocacy work through organizations such as Coal River Mountain Watch and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Auricchio, Laura, et al.
Title: Invaluable Trees: Cultures of Nature, 1660-1830
Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
Place of Publication: Oxford
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xi + 360 pp. Illustrations, figures, bibliography, index.
Abstract: A collection of essays examining the value of trees in Europe and North America from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. Looks at the material, economic, and cultural value of trees, including discussion of charcoal use, deforestation, early forest management, the appearance of trees in literature, and more. Primary focus is on France and England.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Atkins, Peter
Title: Animal Cities: Beastly Urban Histories
Publisher: Ashgate
Place of Publication: Burlington, VT
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: 279 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, index.
Abstract: A collection of essays documenting the history of animals in the urban environment from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Topics examined include livestock and public health in nineteenth century Edinburgh, working animals in London and Paris, backyard chickens in suburban Australia, and dog walking in the modern city.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Perchard, Andrew
Title: Aluminiumville: Government, Global Business, and the Scottish Highlands
Publisher: Crucible Books
Place of Publication: Lancaster
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xvi + 416 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index.
Abstract: A history of the aluminum industry in the Scottish Highlands, from the late nineteenth century through the beginning of the twenty-first century. Examines the work of the British Aluminium Company in Scotland, and the industry’s impact on the environment, social structures, and local and national economic interests.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Brown, Ras Michael
Title: African-American Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xxiv + 296 pp. Maps, figures, tables, index.
Abstract: Studies the perceptions of the natural environment held by African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Examines the religious, spiritual, and cultural practices of enslaved Africans and African-Americans in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
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Record Type: Book
Editor(s): Van Riper, Charles III, et al.
Title: The Colorado Plateau V: Research, Environmental Planning, and Management for Collaborative Conservation
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Place of Publication: Tucson
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xiii + 343 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, index.
Abstract: A collection of essays examining resource management and conservation on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Looks at natural and man-made threats to ecological systems and the development of successful environmental planning and conservation decision making.
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Record Type: Book
Author(s): Smil, Vaclav and Kazuhiko Kobayashi
Title: Japan’s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
Publisher: MIT Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date of Publication: 2012
Description: xii + 229 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, index.
Abstract: Examines the dietary transition found in Japan from 1900 to 2010. Looks at the shift from a plant-based diet to increased consumption of meat, fish, and dairy. Documents the health and environmental consequences of these dietary changes.
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Record Type: Thesis/Dissertation
Author(s): Brown, Jennifer Corinne
Title: Trout Culture: An Environmental History of Fishing in the Rocky Mountain West, 1860 to 1975
Publication Info: Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State University, 279 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: A history of trout fishing from early trout introductions in the 1860s through the modern environmental movement and the wild trout era of the 1960s and 1970s. Looks at the iconography of regional fly fishing and the nostalgia for majestic trout streams as a manipulation of the Rocky Mountain environment by anglers, fisheries managers, tourists, guides, local businesses, and regional boosters.

Record Type: Thesis/Dissertation
Author(s): Bargheer, Stefan
Title: Moral Entanglements: The Emergence and Transformation of Bird Conservation in Great Britain and Germany, 1790-2010
Publication Info: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 395 pp.
Date of Publication: 2011
Abstract: Investigates the development of moral concern for the conservation of wild birds in Great Britain and Germany from the late eighteenth century to the present. Looks at bird conservation as the earliest expression of concern for wildlife conservation. Research suggests that this concern for wild birds emerged from the very practices and institutions that had previously made for their destruction and decline.

Record Type: Thesis/Dissertation
Author(s): Olson, Brent
Title: Recreation Capital: Natural Resources, Amenity Development and Outdoor Recreation in Bend, Oregon
Publication Info: Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University, 299 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Before Bend, Oregon, became emblematic of the recreational development of the New West it functioned largely as a single industry company town, making it an ideal place to consider the production of recreational resources during the latter half of the 20th century. The author argues that recreational resources are produced along lines similar to the production of timber, water, or mineral resources.

Record Type: Thesis/Dissertation
Author(s): Van Hooreweghe, Kristen L.
Title: The Creeks, Beaches, and Bay of the Jamaica Bay Estuary: The Importance of Place in Cultivating Relationships to Nature
Publication Info: Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York, 225 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Examines New York City’s Jamaica Bay estuary and surrounding neighborhoods to understand how residents cultivate their relationships to nature in a dense urban setting. While some residents have taken environmental action to preserve and protect the Bay, others do not have the same opportunities to cultivate their relationship with nature and have differing perspectives on the area.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Sorrensen, Cynthia L.
Title: "A History of Transboundary Storm Water Flows: Flooding, Tunnels, and the Spatial Incongruity of the U.S.-Mexico Border"
Journal: Journal of Historical Geography
Publication Info: Vol. 38 (October): 447-457 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Looks at the twentieth century evolution of the United States-Mexico border landscape with particular attention paid to historical boundary development, urbanization, and the impacts of chronic flooding. Focuses on the southern Arizona border, looking at the shifts in dynamics of flooding due to border boundary build up over time.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Yanitsky, Oleg Nikolaevich
Title: "From Nature Protection to Politics: The Russian Environmental Movement 1960-2010"
Journal: Environmental Politics
Publication Info: Vol. 21 (6): 922-940 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: The author examines the main stages of the USSR/Russian environmental movement’s evolution, and the main forms of political activities under critical conditions such as the degradation of the Soviet system, its collapse and transition from state socialism to a wild bureaucratic capitalism.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Youngs, Yolonda
Title: "Editing Nature in Grand Canyon National Park Postcards"
Journal: Geographical Review
Publication Info: Vol. 102 (October): 486-509 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: A critical examination of the postcards of Grand Canyon National Park manufactured by the Curt Teich Company between 1936 and 1955. Uses the scenic postcards to look at cultural constructions of nature and public environmental perceptions.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Queiros, Margarida
Title: "Natural Parks in Portugal: A Way to Become More Ecologically Responsible?"
Journal: Environment and History
Publication Info: Vol. 18 (November): 585-611 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Studies the history of protected landscapes in Portugal, including natural and national parks. Argues that there are no historical traditions of protecting forests and lands in Portugal, and advocates for using national parks to improve cultural valuation of the country’s natural heritage.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Parra, Constanza
Title: "The Vicissitudes of the French Regional Park Model Illustrated through the Life History of the Morvan"
Journal: Environment and History
Publication Info: Vol. 18 (November): 561-583 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Examines the historic role of French regional parks with a specific focus on the Parc Naturel Regional du Morvan. Discusses the history of the French regional park model and the history of Morvan Park in the Burgundy region of central France.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Muller, Edward K.
Title: "Urban Blueways: John Ormsbee Simonds and Riverfront Planning"
Journal: Journal of Planning History
Publication Info: Vol. 11 (November): 308-329 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: The convergence of urban renewal, the emerging environmental movement, and historic preservation in the 1960s spawned great interest in redeveloping the central waterfronts of American cities. The prominent landscape architect John Ormsbee Simonds advocated, and consulted on, the transformation of several city riverfronts during the 1960s and 1970s. Working from an environmental philosophy, Simonds viewed central riverfronts as the keystone of a system of metropolitan blueways or protected water-based park lands and corridors.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Long, Christian
Title: "Running Out of Gas: The Energy Crisis in 1970s Suburban Narratives"
Journal: American Review of Canadian Studies
Publication Info: Vol. 41 (3): 342-369 pp.
Date of Publication: 2011
Abstract: Uses three films set in the 1970s: “Back to the Future,” “The Ice Storm,” and “The Virgin Suicides,” to examine the negative effects of suburbanization. The cultural and economic logic of sprawl generates a built environment that accelerates the energy-crisis apocalypse tasted during the 1973 gasoline shortage.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Martini, Edwin A.
Title: "Even We Can’t Prevent Forests: The Chemical War in Vietnam and the Illusion of Control"
Journal: War and Society
Publication Info: Vol. 31 (October): 264-279 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Explores the tactical and strategic uses of chemical agents as part of Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. Argues that herbicidal warfare and the use of forest fire as a military weapon were ultimately failed attempts to impose control on a nation and a landscape.

Record Type: Article
Author(s): Jorgenson, Mica
Title: "’A Business Proposition’: Naturalists, Guides, and Sportsmen in the Formation of the Bowron Lakes Game Reserve"
Journal: BC Studies
Publication Info: Vol. 175 (Autumn): 9-34 pp.
Date of Publication: 2012
Abstract: Documents the events which led to the establishment of the Bowron Lakes Game Reserve in central British Columbia in 1925. Examines the work of sportsmen, naturalists, wilderness guides, and government officials in promoting this wilderness destination.