"Communist agriculture – from the perspective of the pig. In Communist Pigs, Thomas Fleischman traces the rise and fall of the German Democratic Republic from the perspective of one animal, Sus scrofa, or the pig. His goal is to offer a deeper understanding of the development of industrial...

"The disappearance of China's naturally occurring forests is one of the most significant environmental shifts in the country's history, one often blamed on imperial demand for lumber. China's early modern forest history is typically viewed as a centuries-long process of environmental decline,...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PROLOGUE: A Car of One's Own -- PART I: Before the Automobile, 1880-1905 -- 1 Roads and Reformers -- PART II: Dawn of the Motor Age, 1895-1919 -- 2 Automotive Pioneers -- 3 Building for Traffic -- Photo Gallery One -- PART III: Creating Car...

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword by William Cronon -- Introduction: Seeing Like a Tourist -- Chapter 1: Selling the Scene -- Chapter 2: The Roads Nature Made? -- Chapter 3: Our Big Backyard -- Chapter 4: Blueprints for Action -- Chapter 5: The John Denver Tenor -- Conclusion: How...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword - William Cronon -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Wilderness and the Origins of Modern Environmentalism, 1964-1976 -- 1. Why a Wilderness Act? -- 2. Speaking for Wilderness -- 3. The Popular Politics of Wilderness -- 4. New...