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Cover image for The Xavánte in transition: health, ecology, and bioanthropology in central Brazil

The Xavánte in transition: health, ecology, and bioanthropology in central Brazil

Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares; Flowers, Nancy M.; Salzano, Francisco M.; Santos, Ricardo V.

Cover image for Second nature: an environmental history of New England

Second nature: an environmental history of New England

Judd, Richard William

Cover image for Dancing with disaster: environmental histories, narratives, and ethics for perilous times

Dancing with disaster: environmental histories, narratives, and ethics for perilous times

Rigby, Kate

Cover image for Hybrid nature: sewage treatment and the contradictions of the industrial ecosystem

Hybrid nature: sewage treatment and the contradictions of the industrial ecosystem

Schneider, Daniel

Cover image for Taming Manhattan: environmental battles in the antebellum city

Taming Manhattan: environmental battles in the antebellum city

McNeur, Catherine

Cover image for This land, this nation: conservation, rural America, and the New Deal

This land, this nation: conservation, rural America, and the New Deal

Phillips, Sarah T.

Cover image for Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt: an environmental history

Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt: an environmental history

Mikhail, Alan

Cover image for Down to earth: nature's role in American history

Down to earth: nature's role in American history

Steinberg, Theodore

Cover image for Growing American rubber: strategic plants and the politics of national security

Growing American rubber: strategic plants and the politics of national security

Finlay, Mark R.

Cover image for Barry Commoner and the science of survival: the remaking of American environmentalism

Barry Commoner and the science of survival: the remaking of American environmentalism

Egan, Michael

Cover image for Miles from nowhere: tales from America's contemporary frontier

Miles from nowhere: tales from America's contemporary frontier

Duncan, Dayton

Cover image for Late Victorian holocausts: El Niño famines and the making of the third world

Late Victorian holocausts: El Niño famines and the making of the third world

Davis, Mike

Cover image for When smoke ran like water: tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution

When smoke ran like water: tales of environmental deception and the battle against pollution

Davis, Devra Lee

Cover image for Petrolia: the landscape of America's first oil boom

Petrolia: the landscape of America's first oil boom

Black, Brian

Cover image for Pilgrims of the vertical: Yosemite rock climbers and nature at risk

Pilgrims of the vertical: Yosemite rock climbers and nature at risk

Taylor, Joseph E.

Cover image for Eden on the Charles: the making of Boston

Eden on the Charles: the making of Boston

Rawson, Michael

Cover image for Mosquito empires: ecology and war in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914

Mosquito empires: ecology and war in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914

McNeill, John Robert

Cover image for A forest on the sea: environmental expertise in Renaissance Venice

A forest on the sea: environmental expertise in Renaissance Venice

Appuhn, Karl Richard

Cover image for Mass destruction: the men and giant mines that wired America and scarred the planet

Mass destruction: the men and giant mines that wired America and scarred the planet

LeCain, Timothy J.

Cover image for A Venetian island: environment, history and change in Burano

A Venetian island: environment, history and change in Burano

Sciama, Lidia D.

Cover image for Banana cultures: agriculture, consumption, and environmental change in Honduras and the United States

Banana cultures: agriculture, consumption, and environmental change in Honduras and the United States

Soluri, John

Cover image for Killing for coal: America's deadliest labor war

Killing for coal: America's deadliest labor war

Andrews, Thomas G.

Cover image for Plants and empire: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world

Plants and empire: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world

Schiebinger, Londa L.

Cover image for Ogallala: water for a dry land

Ogallala: water for a dry land

Opie, John

Cover image for A view to a death in the morning: hunting and nature through history

A view to a death in the morning: hunting and nature through history

Cartmill, Matt

Cover image for Inhabited wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and national parks in Alaska

Inhabited wilderness: Indians, Eskimos, and national parks in Alaska

Catton, Theodore

Cover image for Making salmon: an environmental history of the Northwest fisheries crisis

Making salmon: an environmental history of the Northwest fisheries crisis

Taylor, Joseph E.

Cover image for Crimes against nature: squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation

Crimes against nature: squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation

Jacoby, Karl

Cover image for The health of the country: how American settlers understood themselves and their land

The health of the country: how American settlers understood themselves and their land

Valenčius, Conevery Bolton

Cover image for Maize and grace: Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000

Maize and grace: Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000

McCann, James

Cover image for Dust Bowl: the southern Plains in the 1930s

Dust Bowl: the southern Plains in the 1930s

Worster, Donald