Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the ...

An environmental explanation of Brazil's repeated failures to re-establish itself as a leading ru...

A comprehensive analysis of the biological experience of black slaves in the Caribbean.

Shows the intersection of chemical warfare and pest control in the twentieth century.

This book explores political controversy to shed light on the working of political institutions a...

Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918 1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.

This is a history of hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabil...

Challenging the conventional wisdom of Western environmental historians, this book examines the c...

The first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, especially its colo...

The book represents a significant new departure in the study of ecology and change in human society.

This book tells the story of environmental destruction and human suffering during the Mao years.

When Europeans first reached the land that would become the United States they were staggered by ...