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New Books in Environmental Studies

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Anna Zeide, “Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry” (U California Press, 2018)

Anna Zeide, “Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry” (U California Press, 2018)

Most everything Americans eat today comes out of cans. Some of it emerges from the iconic steel cylinders and much of th... Read more

16 Apr 2018

52mins

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Bathsheba Demuth, "Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" (W. W. Norton, 2019)

Bathsheba Demuth, "Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" (W. W. Norton, 2019)

Whales and walruses, caribou and fox, gold and oil: through the stories of these animals and resources, Bathsheba Demuth... Read more

10 Sep 2019

54mins

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Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)

Karine Gagné, "Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas" (U Washington Press, 2019)

In her new book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (University of Washington Press, 2019... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 40mins

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Stacy Alaimo, “Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times” (U. Minnesota Press, 2016)

Stacy Alaimo, “Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times” (U. Minnesota Press, 2016)

Stacy Alaimo’s Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) is... Read more

21 Feb 2017

36mins

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Frederick L. Brown, “The City is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle” (U Washington Press, 2016)

Frederick L. Brown, “The City is More Than Human: An Animal History of Seattle” (U Washington Press, 2016)

Not all city dwellers are bipedal, according to Frederick L. Brown, author of The City is More Than Human: An Animal His... Read more

30 Mar 2018

39mins

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G. Mitman, M. Armiero and R. S. Emmett (eds.), “Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene” (U Chicago Press, 2018)

G. Mitman, M. Armiero and R. S. Emmett (eds.), “Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene” (U Chicago Press, 2018)

Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene (University of Chicago Press, 2018) curates fifteen object... Read more

29 Aug 2018

34mins

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K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)

K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)

If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinkin... Read more

30 Jan 2020

39mins

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Andy Bruno, “The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History” (Cambridge UP, 2016)

Andy Bruno, “The Nature of Soviet Power: An Arctic Environmental History” (Cambridge UP, 2016)

What can be learned about the Soviet Union by viewing it through an environmental lens? What would an environmental hist... Read more

30 Jan 2018

57mins

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Harini Nagendra, “Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future” (Oxford UP, 2016)

Harini Nagendra, “Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future” (Oxford UP, 2016)

In Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future (Oxford University Press, 2016), Harini Nagendra trace... Read more

26 Sep 2016

42mins

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Scott Moranda, “The People’s Own Landscape: Nature, Tourism and Dictatorship in East Germany” (U. Michigan Press, 2014)

Scott Moranda, “The People’s Own Landscape: Nature, Tourism and Dictatorship in East Germany” (U. Michigan Press, 2014)

The new German Democratic Republic, known as East Germany, faced many challenges when it was founded in 1949. Not least ... Read more

19 Aug 2017

46mins

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Susanna Forrest, “The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017)

Susanna Forrest, “The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017)

The history of humanity is intertwined with that of the horse to such a degree that it is no exaggeration to say that th... Read more

29 Jun 2017

49mins

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Joshua Howe, “Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming” (U. Washington Press, 2016)

Joshua Howe, “Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming” (U. Washington Press, 2016)

The year 2016 was the hottest year on record, and in recent months, drought and searing heat have fanned wildfires in Fo... Read more

10 Jan 2017

34mins

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Alice Weinreb, “Modern Hungers: Food and Power in Twentieth-Century Germany” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Alice Weinreb, “Modern Hungers: Food and Power in Twentieth-Century Germany” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Food is a hot topic these days, and not just among the folks posting pictures of their dinner on Instagram. A growing nu... Read more

13 Aug 2017

55mins

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Elizabeth DeLoughrey, "Allegories of the Anthropocene" (Duke UP, 2019)

Elizabeth DeLoughrey, "Allegories of the Anthropocene" (Duke UP, 2019)

While the mainstream discourses on global warming characterize it as an unprecedented catastrophe that unites the globe ... Read more

15 Oct 2019

36mins

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Benjamin Hale, “The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature” (MIT Press, 2016)

Benjamin Hale, “The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature” (MIT Press, 2016)

Many environmentalists approach the problem of motivating environmentally friendly behavior from the perspective that na... Read more

15 Apr 2017

1hr 7mins

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Tim Jelfs, “The Argument about Things in the 1980s: Goods and Garbage in an Age of Neoliberalism” (West Virginia UP, 2018)

Tim Jelfs, “The Argument about Things in the 1980s: Goods and Garbage in an Age of Neoliberalism” (West Virginia UP, 2018)

In The Argument about Things in the 1980s: Goods and Garbage in an Age of Neoliberalism (West Virginia University Press,... Read more

12 Oct 2018

1hr 4mins

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Pamela McElwee, “Forest are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam” (U. Washington Press, 2016)

Pamela McElwee, “Forest are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam” (U. Washington Press, 2016)

Forests are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam (University of Washington Press, 2016) begins with two... Read more

17 Dec 2016

1hr 1min

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Jodi Hilty, "Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation" (Island Press, 2019)

Jodi Hilty, "Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation" (Island Press, 2019)

In Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation, 2nd Edition (Island Press,... Read more

20 Apr 2020

54mins

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Rosalind Fredericks, "Garbage Citizenship: Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal" (Duke UP, 2018)

Rosalind Fredericks, "Garbage Citizenship: Vital Infrastructures of Labor in Dakar, Senegal" (Duke UP, 2018)

The production and removal of garbage, as a key element of the daily infrastructure of urban life, is deeply embedded in... Read more

29 Jan 2019

51mins

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J. L. Anderson, "Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America" (West Virginia UP, 2019)

J. L. Anderson, "Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America" (West Virginia UP, 2019)

In this this interview, Dr. Carrie Tippen talks with J. L. Anderson about the 2019 book Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and... Read more

21 Jan 2020

58mins

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