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New Books in Environmental Studies
Henry Shue, “Climate Justice: Vulnerability and Protection” (Oxford UP, 2014)
Henry Shue
Climate Justice
Vulnerability and Protection
University Press, 2014

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network July 21, 2015 John McMahon

How can a practical philosophical perspective concerned with justice and fairness help us address the problem of climate change? Henry Shue (Merton College, Oxford) tackles this essential question in his book Climate Justice: Vulnerability and Protection (Oxford UP, 2014). The book collects twenty-five years of Shue’s innovative work on climate... Read More
Tom Perreault, Gavin Bridge, and James McCarthy, eds., “The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology” (Routledge, 2015)
Tom Perreault, Gavin Bridge, and James McCarthy, eds.
The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology

Routledge, 2015

New Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network June 10, 2015 Robert M. Wilson

Political ecology is among the most vibrant sub-fields in the discipline of geography. Since the field first developed in the 1980s, political ecologists have pioneered new approaches to studying relations between society and the environment. The Routledge Handbook of Political Ecology (Routledge, 2015), co-edited by Tom Perreault, Gavin Bridge, and James... Read More
Julie Sze, “Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis” (U of California Press, 2015)
Julie Sze
Fantasy Islands
Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis
University of California Press, 2015

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 19, 2015 Carla Nappi

Julie Sze‘s new book opens by bringing readers into the wetlands of Dongtan, introducing us to an ambitious but unrealized project to create the “world’s first great eco-city.” Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis (University of California Press, 2015) considers Dongtan, the Chongming Island... Read More
Finis Dunaway, “Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images” (
Finis Dunaway
Seeing Green
The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images
University of Chicago, 2015

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 11, 2015 Robert Wilson

Oil-soaked birds in Prince William Sound. The “crying Indian” in a 1970s anti-littering ad. A lonely polar bear on an Arctic ice floe. Such environmental images have proliferated over the past half-century, and have played a pivotal role in alerting the public about ecological problems and galvanizing public action. Yet... Read More
Eben Kirksey, “The Multispecies Salon” (Duke University Press, 2014)
Eben Kirksey
The Multispecies Salon

Duke University Press, 2014

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network May 10, 2015 Carla Nappi

Eben Kirksey‘s wonderful new volume is an inspiring introduction to a kind of multispecies ethnography where artists, anthropologists, and others collaborate to create objects and experiences of great thoughtfulness and beauty. Growing out of a traveling art exhibit of the same name, The Multispecies Salon (Duke University Press, 2014) curates... Read More
Andrew Needham, “Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest” (Princeton UP, 2014)
Andrew Needham
Power Lines
Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest
Princeton University Press, 2014

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Native American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in the American WestNew Books Network April 26, 2015 Andrew Epstein

Last month, VICE NEWS released a short documentary about the Navajo Nation called “Cursed by Coal.” The images and stories confirm the title. “Seems like everything’s just dying out here,” says Navajo citizen Joe Allen. “It’s because of the mine. Everything is being ruined. They don’t care about people living... Read More
Thom van Dooren, “Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction” (Columbia UP, 2014)
Thom van Dooren
Flight Ways
Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
Columbia University Press, 2014

NBN SeminarNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in GeographyNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network April 17, 2015 Carla Nappi

Thom van Dooren‘s new book is an absolute must-read. (I was going to qualify that with a “…for anyone who…” and realized that it really needs no qualification.) Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction (Columbia University Press, 2014) is a beautifully written and evocative meditation on... Read More
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