Tag: American West
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The Potential for Peril Built into San Francisco
in ReviewsAn environmental history of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake weaves together urban planning, plate tectonics, Progressive-Era reform, and soil dynamics.
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A History Buried at Wounded Knee: A Conversation with Louis Warren
in PodcastsA new history of the Ghost Dance shows Native Americans preparing to live within industrial capitalism and impoverished landscapes without succumbing to assimilation.
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Loaves and Fishes at Standing Rock
in EssaysA senior scholar of North American indigenous history visits the Oceti Sakowin camp and finds cause for hope. Up to a point.
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Biosphere 2: Why an Eccentric Ecological Experiment Still Matters 25 Years Later
in CommentaryFour scholars and one of the original “biospherians” offer their takes on perhaps the largest private science experiment in history.