Changes in the Air: Hurricanes in New Orleans from 1718 to the Present
By Eleonora Rohland
Changes in the Air offers a rich and thoroughly researched history of how hurricanes have shaped and reshaped New Orleans from the colonial era to the present day, focusing on how its residents have adapted to a uniquely unpredictable and destructive environment across more than three centuries.
Ice and Snow in the Cold War: Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments
Edited by Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, and Franziska Torma
The history of the Cold War has focused overwhelmingly on statecraft and military power…meanwhile, regions such as Alaska, the polar landscapes, and the cold areas of the Soviet periphery have received little attention.
A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America
Edited by John Soluri, Claudia Leal, and José Augusto Pádua
Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together 13 leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century.
Managing Northern Europe’s Forests: Histories from the Age of Improvement to the Age of Ecology
Edited by K. Jan Oosthoek and Richard Hölzl
Across 11 chapters, the contributors to this volume survey the histories of state forestry policy in Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Germany, Poland, and Great Britain from the early modern period to the present. Each explores the complex interrelationships of state-building, resource management, knowledge transfer, and trade over a period characterized by ongoing modernization and evolving environmental awareness.