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9 7 8 0 8 2 2 9 6 1 1 8 5 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY “Some intellectual tsunamis begin with string quartets, others with overtures played on kettledrums. The former often bores, the latter always deafens. After a while, if we’re lucky, both crumble into questions that we can try to ask and need to answer if we are to survive. The Turning Points of Environmental History is a combination tool and a first aid kit of these.” —Alfred W. Crosby, University of Texas, emeritus “A provocative collection of essays that explores ‘big-picture’ questions in environmental history. Most notable is the editor’s insistence on avoiding a focus that is solely European or North American. This collection will be helpful for instructors of undergraduate as well as graduate courses in history and environmental studies.” —Nancy Langston, University of Wisconsin-Madison This volume begins with John McNeill, who provides a wide-ranging account of environmental history, followed by top environmental studies scholars, who explore the use and abuse of the earth’s land, the unique challenges of cities, and the rise of nation-states, bringing about environmental legislation and, ultimately, environmental and ecological activism. Frank Uekoetter is a Dilthey Fellow with the Research Institute of the Deutsches Museum and deputy director of the Rachel Carson Center in Munich , Germany. He is the author of The Age of Smoke: Environmental Policy in Germany and the United States, 1880–1970. University of Pittsburgh Press www.upress.pitt.edu Cover art: Portuguese exchanging animals in Japan, detail of Nanban panel attributed to Kano Naizen, 1570–1616. Courtesy WMF Commons. ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-6118-5 ISBN 10: 0-8229-6118-0 ...