The redistribution of alien species across the globe accelerated with the start of European
colonialism. European powers were responsible for the deliberate and accidental …

Historical studies of the influence of imperialism and colonialism on climate science have yet
to be brought together into a critical synthesis. This advanced review offers a critical …

From mad cows to McDonaldization to genetically modified maize, European food scares
and controversies at the turn of the millennium provoked anxieties about the perils hidden in …

Since humans first emerged as a distinct species, they have eaten, fought, prayed, and
moved with other animals. In this stunningly original and conceptually rich book, historian …

This paper examines the institutions, personages, and theories that informed acclimatization
activities in nineteenth-century France, England, and the two colonies of Algeria and …

This article traces the emergence of a negative strain in European and North American
representations of the tropics, as earlier images of natural abundance were supplemented …

Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism has reminded us that European expansion was not
simply an act of accumulation and acquisition, but that it was sustained by an “almost …

Controversy over the role of human activity in causing climate change is pervasive in
contemporary society. But, as Anya Zilberstein shows in this work, debates about the politics …

On Wednesday 27 April 1898, Dr Luigi [Louis] Westenra Sambon (1865–1931) addressed
the Royal Geographical Society in London on a topic of much interest to the Victorian public …

Charting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity.
Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past …