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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Can, U.S., Grief
This is the fifty-ninth 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 9 – April 15, 2018): Also see @AshleeCunsolo 's piece on …
Comps Notes: Cronon’s Changes in the Land
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. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England William Cronon …
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Comps Notes: Frederick Jackson Turner’s “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”
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 Significance of the Frontier in American History” Frederick Jackson Turner “The Significance …
Comps Notes: Nash’s Inescapable Ecologies
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. Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge1 Linda Nash In Inescapable Ecologies: …
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University, One, World
This is the fifty-fifth 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 (March 12 – March 18, 2018): New Comment: Teaching the Environmental History of …
Comps Notes: Pyne’s Fire in America
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. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire by Stephen …
Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 