This is the ninety-fourth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (December 10 – December 16, 2018):

Monday: “Erin Steward Mauldin: Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South” by Brian Hamilton, New Books Network


Tuesday: Dr. Heli Huhtamaa,” Universität Heidelberg


Wednesday: “Historians’ Histories: Heather Green by Heather Green, Unwritten Histories


Thursday: Arctic Report Card Tracks Region’s Environmental Changes,” Archaeology News Network


Friday: Contribute to Arcadia,” Environment & Society Portal


Saturday: Historians in Public” by Adele Perry, Unwritten Histories 


Sunday: Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess” by John Markoff, New York Times

Top Words

1. history

2. History

3. manufacturing

4. University

5. Arctic

6. work

7. also

8. research

9. region

10. historians

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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