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. A Century of Parks Canada: 1911-2011 Edited by Claire Elizabeth Campbell Many commemorative …
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Comps Notes: Kopas’ Taking the Air
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. Taking the Air: Ideas and Change in Canada’s National Parks Paul Kopas Paul Kopas is a …
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 …
Comps Notes: Bella’s Parks for Profit
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. Leslie Bella is a professor in the School of Social Work at Memorial …
Environmental, Site, Said
This is the seventy-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 (August 6 – August 12, 2018): Top court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has long history …
Comps Notes: Robert Craig Brown’s “The Doctrine of Usefulness”
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 Doctrine of Usefulness: Natural Resource and National Park Policy in Canada, 1887-1914” …
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Comps Notes: Maher’s Nature’s New Deal
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. Nature’s New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement …
Minneapolis, River, Park
This is the seventieth 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 (June 25 – July 1, 2018): A Radiologist’s X-Ray Photographs of Flowers from the 1930s https://t.co/GsuTKq2PZo …
Comps Notes: Jacoby’s Crimes Against Nature
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. Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation Karl Jacoby …
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Hwëch’in, Tr’ondëk, Klondike
This is the sixty-fourth 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 14 – May 20, 2018): Sunday #Wordcloud!: Said, Water, One https://t.co/Va8SNBFgcb #envhist …
Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 