I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Myth of American Exceptionalism Godfrey Hodgson Godfrey Hodgson, The Myth of American Exceptionalism (New Haven: …
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This is the 105th 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 among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (February 25, 2019 – March 3, 2019): #EnvHist Worth Reading: January 2019 https://t.co/OwRBE4wwfO …
This is the 104th 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 among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (February 18, 2019 – February 24, 2019): The Northeast & Atlantic #envhist Forum: …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology Max Oelschlaeger The …
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This is the 103rd 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 among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (February 11, 2019 – February 17, 2019): EHN Contributors @hammitt and @heathergreen21 feature in @JessicaMDeWitt's …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth Henry Nash Smith Henry …
This is the 102nd 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 (February 4, 2018 – February 10, 2018): Today, it’s @hammitt who reflects on her #problemsofplace …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “The Strenuous Life” Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt, “The Strenuous Life” in The Strenuous Life: Essays …
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This is the 101st 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 (January 28, 2018 – February 3, 2018): Recent history “demonstrates that lawsuits filed under the …
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