The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the
Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter …

The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East—as an idea—was made by
coal. Coal's imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today …

The well-known story of biopolitics tells us that as Europe urbanized, security was
increasingly linked to human well-being. What the story tends to leave out is the way that …

Exploring the broad implications of evolutionary theorist Lynn Margulis's work, this collection
brings together specialists across a range of disciplines, from paleontology, molecular …

Some scholars contend that the Global South is experiencing a consumer-driven nutrition
transition characterized by a sharp increase in meat consumption. This article engages …

The articles gathered in this special section explore the complex and layered relationship
between meat and the nineteenth-century city. For urban historians interested in food …

The top of the mill offers an elevated view that encompasses something approaching the full
expanse of a dense city. To the west, a regular grid of streets extends north for a mile. From …

This article argues that the early modern period plays a pivotal role in global ecological
history. It makes the case for a long “Organic Anthropocene” emerging from the Neolithic …

This dissertation explores the emergence of three different epidemic diseases in three
British colonial cities at the end of the nineteenth century. At first glance these cities …

O artigo analisa discursos produzidos sobre os animais pelo movimento vegetariano
brasileiro do início do século XX. Contextualiza a criação do movimento no país, situando …