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Books

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Water in World History

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Big Box USA: The Environmental Impact of America's Biggest Retail Stores

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Medieval Riverscapes: Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300–1100

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Hydraulic Societies: Water, Power, and Control in East and Central Asian History

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Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet

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Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol

Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History


Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History

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Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future

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Nature at War: American Environments and World War II

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Readings in Water History

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Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World Ecology

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Eurasian Environments: Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History

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War Stuff: The Struggle for Human and Environmental Resources in the American Civil War

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Columbus, Ohio: Two Centuries of Business and Environmental Change

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Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism

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Climate Change and the Course of Human History: A Rough Journey

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Gambling on Ore: The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States

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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

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Making Seafood Sustainable: American Experiences in Global Perspectives

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Negotiating the Landscape

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The Victorian Eye: A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain 1800-1910

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The Environmental Movement in Germany: Prophets and Pioneers, 1871-1971

Course Info

  • Courses
  • Course Descriptions
    • Autumn 2025 Undergraduate Courses
    • Autumn 2025 Graduate Courses
    • Summer 2025 Courses
  • General Education Courses
  • Certificates
  • Our Fields of Study
    • African History
    • African-American History
    • American History to 1877
    • Ancient Mediterranean History
    • Atlantic World History
    • Diplomatic and International History
    • Early Modern European History
    • East Asian History
    • Environment, Health, Technology, and Science (EHTS)
    • Histories of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
    • Islamic History
    • Jewish History
    • Latin American History
    • Medieval History
    • Military History
    • Modern European History
    • Native American History
    • Public and Digital History
    • Russian, East European & Eurasian History
    • South Asian History
    • United States History Since 1877
    • World History
  • Constellations
  • Themes
    • Law-related History Courses
    • Medicine-related History Courses
  • Environmental History Initiative
    • People & Research
    • Teaching
    • In The News
    • Politics of Climate: The UN Summit Education Abroad Program
    • Ohio State-Mansfield Microfarm
    • EHI Film Festivals
    • For Undergraduate Students
    • For Graduate Students
    • Books
    • Films and Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Friends and Partners
  • Special Programs
    • Defining the Colorline
    • Program in the Transnational History of WWII
      • Informational Webinar
      • Participant Video Spotlights
    • Global Education Abroad
      • Between France and Morocco
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina
      • Shanghai, China
      • Tanzania
      • United Nations Annual Climate Summit Program
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