051796%UOTTAWA@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (lorne Hammond) (03/09/91)
I am a member and was just at the 1991 conference at the University of Houston,
where papers were presented at 43 sessions, including sessions on Canada,
Australia, Mexico and Africa. The journal is the best on the subject I have
seen. Members include Bill Cronon, Sam Hays and Carolyn Merchant.
Students note that $12.00 gets membership, 4 issues of the journal and the
newsletter. Past issues have dealt with historiography, philosophy, such as
deep ecology, gender, technology and teaching environmental history. The
book reviews are excellent for the scope of material. Those teaching U.S.
surveys might find the colonial and progressives literature useful for
lectures. Please pass this around or post it in your department. Send a
copy to the periodicals section of your library.
Lorne Hammond
History
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
K1N 6N5
E-mail to: 051796@UOTTAWA.CA
The following is taken from the Societies new handout:
WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY?
Environmental history is the study of environmental change in the past,
especially as it involves human beings. As we confront modern
environmental problems, it is easy to think that these are new
phenomena, but that is far from the case. Changes in climate,
vegetation, disease, and the rest of the natural world have been
affecting human life as far back as we can discover. People have
likewise been manipulating nature for a very long time, with dramatic
effects on the ecosystems they inhabit. In either case, the past has
much to teach us about the roots of our present circumstances. Whether
you come to environmental history as a scholar, scientist, or someone
concerned about the modern world, the subject has much to offer you.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) was founded in
1977 to promote the interdisciplinary study of past environmental
change. Its members come to their interest in the subject from many
intellectual backgrounds: history, geography, ecology, anthropology,
natural resource management, landscape architecture, literature. To
disseminate serious scholarly research, the Society publishes a
quarterly journal, Environmental History Review (formerly Environmental
Review), as well as a newsletter that keeps members posted about
events and issues related to the field. It sponsors a biennial
conference at which members gather to share their work. The Society
works actively to promote the study of environmental history in all
disciplines, and encourages anyone who has an interest in the field to
join and become involved in its work.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Members receive:
* a subscription to the quarterly journal Environmental History Review
* a subscription to the Environmental History Newsletter
* special rates at the Society's biennial conferences
* notification of meetings and other events related to environmental
history
* references and referral services to scholars with related interests
* involvement in one of the most exciting new fields of environmental
and historical scholarship
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(E-mail flyer by Lorne Hammond, History, University of Ottawa, Canada)