Comps Notes: Elofson’s Frontier Cattle Ranching

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. Frontier Cattle Ranching: In the Land and Times of Charlie Russell Warren M. Elofson …

Climate, People, Political

This is the 138th 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 (October 14, 2019 – October 20, 2019): High climate variability and increasing …

Comps Notes: White’s “It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own”

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. “It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own:” A New History of the …

Environmental, Species, Island

This is the 137th 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 (October 7, 2019 – October 13, 2019): https://twitter.com/futbolprof/status/1181212883226464257 Monday: “Bernard C. Moore,” …

Comps Notes: Limerick’s The Legacy of Conquest

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 Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West Patricia Nelson Limerick …

Said, Climate, People

This is the 136th 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 (September 30, 2019 – October 6, 2019): False profits: Fracking, vaping, and …

Comps Notes: Stedman’s Shadows of the Indian

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. Shadows of the Indian: Stereotypes in American Culture Raymond William Stedman In Shadows of …

September, 29th, Project

This is the 135th 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 (September 23, 2019 – September 29, 2019): 🍿Want to know more about …

Comps Notes: White’s The Eastern Establishment and the Western Experience

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 Eastern Establishment and the Western Experience: The West of Frederick Remington, Theodore …

Climate, People, Plastic

This is the 134th 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 (September 16, 2019 – September 22, 2019): “Tipping Point” a new VICE …