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While not a biography of legendary American forester and conservationist Gifford Pinchot, On Strawberry Hill: The Transcendent Love of Gifford Pinchot and Laura Houghteling explores a vital and trans …

The environmental history of Israel is as intriguing and complex as the nation itself. Situated on a mere 8, 630 square miles, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf, varying from desert …

Through the pages of <i>Environmental History Review</i>, now <i>Environmental History</i>, an entire discipline has been created and defined over time through the publication …

In less than a century, the American West has transformed from a predominantly rural region to one where most people live in metropolitan centers. Cities and Nature in the American West offers provoc …

The first comprehensive study of the park, past and present, Death Valley National Park probes the environmental and human history of this most astonishing desert. Established as a national monument …

Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene provides thought-provoking insight into the ongoing environmental crises that climate change is generating and raises critical questions about how public and p …

The Nature of Hope focuses on the dynamics of environmental activism at the local level, examining the environmental and political cultures that emerge in the context of conflict. The book considers …

Over the past 300 years, settlement patterns, geography, and climate have greatly affected the ecology of the south Texas landscape. Drawing on a variety of interests and perspectives, the contributo …

President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963 to further the legacy and activism of conservationist Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). …

Gifford Pinchot is known primarily for his work as first chief of the U. S. Forest Service and for his argument that resources should be used to provide the "greatest good for the greatest numbe …

“The Book of Genesis for conservationists”—Dave Foreman Roderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins o …

Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. He tells a fascinating tale of his efforts, u …

Miller shows how government institutions changed the meaning of American citizenship during the World War II era. He considers the state’s role in creating concepts of citizenship and subjectivity by …