Race and Reclaiming Environmental Labor in the American West
The history of the environmental movement-from environmentalism to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentieth century-has often been portrayed as a series of efforts led by white environmentalists. In Stewards of the Land, Stevie Ruiz reassesses the movement and reveals that it has always been a multiracial endeavor. From Southern ......
Urban Design and Environmental Change in Tenochtitlan-Mexico City
For centuries, both the Aztec and the Spanish sought to control catastrophic flooding in Tenochtitlan and later Mexico City, but their responses were about more than just engineering. What might seem like straightforward hydraulic projects emerge, under rigorous examination, as complex intersections of visual cultures and philosophical worldviews ......
When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on American Bandstand, those who watched couldn't reconcile how Prince's funky disco-pop sounds had hailed from a place like Minneapolis. But the Minneapolis Sound, Prince's signature pop-musical fusion of funk, R & B, rock, punk, and new wave, did not emerge from a ......
When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on American Bandstand, those who watched couldn't reconcile how Prince's funky disco-pop sounds had hailed from a place like Minneapolis. But the Minneapolis Sound, Prince's signature pop-musical fusion of funk, R & B, rock, punk, and new wave, did not emerge from a ......
A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia
Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river system-including the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi-forms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the planet, stretching across eastern South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China. The Range of the River uncovers the entwined histories of these ......
A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia
Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river system-including the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi-forms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the planet, stretching across eastern South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China. The Range of the River uncovers the entwined histories of these ......
A rich visual illustration of South Carolina's physical, political, social, and cultural geography What is the regional distribution of South Carolinians' preferred barbeque sauces? Where were colonial roads located, and how did they relate to the sites of Revolutionary War battles? Where were the key locales of protest during the civil rights ......
Connections and Contentions at a Modern Eurasian Crossroads
The Caspian World is a wide-ranging exploration of the strategic, political, and commercial significance of the Caspian Sea, a site where empires-Russian, Persian, Ottoman, and British-competed, warred, and collaborated. As with the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, or the Black Sea, the geography of the Caspian Sea creates a sphere of unique ......
Connections and Contentions at a Modern Eurasian Crossroads
The Caspian World is a wide-ranging exploration of the strategic, political, and commercial significance of the Caspian Sea, a site where empires-Russian, Persian, Ottoman, and British-competed, warred, and collaborated. As with the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, or the Black Sea, the geography of the Caspian Sea creates a sphere of unique ......