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. Rivers and Forests H.V. Nelles, The Politics of Development: Forests, Mines & Hydro-Electric Power in Ontario, …
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history, History, manufacturing
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): Only just! https://t.co/KqR5xBVgWr — Brian Hamilton (@brianfhamilton) December 9, …
Comps Notes: Great Plains II: Agriculture and Settlement
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. Great Plains II: Agriculture and Settlement James C. Malin, History & Ecology: Studies of the …
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Irish, Climate, Environmental
This is the eighty-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 (September 24 – September 30, 2018): Cambridge University scientists create ancient tree ring diary …
Lowry’s The Capacity for Wonder
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 Capacity for Wonder: Preserving National Parks William R. Lowry William R. Lowry …
Environmental, Falls, Sharknado
This is the seventy-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 (August 27 – September 2, 2018): Finding Environmental History in … Sharknado? https://t.co/1Ef15s76mv — …
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 …
University, Canada, Canadian
This is the fifty-sixth 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 19 – March 25, 2018): "…when the original Trans Mountain [pipeline] was …
Google, Canadian, New
This is the sixth 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 10-April 16, 2017): Monday: “Is That Skeleton Gay? The Problem With Projecting …
Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 