Comps Notes: Turkel’s The Archive of Place

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 Archive of Place: Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau William  J. Turkel William J. Turkel’s The …

Said, Water, One

This is the sixty-third post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 7 – May 13, 2018): From our archive: Mt. St. Helen’s: Visiting …

Nitrogen, Feathers, Water

This is the sixty-second post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.     Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (April 30 – May 6, 2018): Sunday #Wordcloud! Day, Earth, Environmental https://t.co/GrW4m0G956

Comps Notes: Reinaldo Funes Monzote’s From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba

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.  From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba: An Environmental History since 1492 Reinaldo Funes Monzote …

Comps Notes: Donahue’s The Great Meadow

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 Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord Brian Donahue Brian …

Day, Earth, Environmental

This is the sixty-first post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (April 23 – April 29, 2018): Discover the history behind #EarthDay. https://t.co/3XuOO4Ess5 — …

Comps Notes: Stewart’s “What Nature Suffers to Groe”

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.  “What Nature Suffers to Groe”: Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680-1920 …

Earth, Day, Environmental

This is the sixtieth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (April 16 – April 22, 2018): Oil exploration should not be allowed in …

Comps Notes: Owram’s Promise of Eden

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, …

Comps Notes: White’s Land Use, Environment, and Social Change

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.  Land Use, Environment, and Social Change: The Shaping of Island County, Washington Richard …