The next issue of the Journal of the History of Biology is a special issue on Environmental History. Libby Robin and Jane Carruthers are the guest editors, and there is a strong Australian and South African focus. Authors are Brett M. Bennett, Etienne Benson, Karen Brown, Laura Cameron & David Matless, M. Timm Hoffman & Richard Frederick Rohde, and J. Donald Hughes.
The introduction and articles are available ‘online first’:
- Introduction: Environmental History and the History of Biology
Libby Robin and Jane Carruthers - Translocal Ecologies: The Norfolk Broads, the “Natural,” and the International Phytogeographical Excursion, 1911
Laura Cameron and David Matless - Ancient Deforestation Revisited
J. Donald Hughes - A Difficult Time with the Permit Process
Etienne Benson - Rabid Epidemiologies: The Emergence and Resurgence of Rabies in Twentieth Century South Africa
Karen Brown - Rivers Through Time: Historical Changes in the Riparian Vegetation of the Semi-Arid, Winter Rainfall Region of South Africa in Response to Climate and Land Use
M. Timm Hoffman and Richard Frederick Rohde - A Global History of Australian Trees
Brett M. Bennett