Fields of Smooth Brome: History, Policy and Place-Making in the Post-Industrial Prairie
Our project engages environmental history as part of creative inquiry undertaken at the Westbrook Artists’ Site, a collaborative arts venture in central Iowa, part of what was once the great North American tall grass prairie that stretched from Texas to S
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Cristina Joanaz de Melo Estelita Vaz Lígia M. Costa Pinto Editors
Environmental History in the Making Volume II: Acting
Environmental History Volume 7
Series editor Mauro Agnoletti, Florence, Italy
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10168
Cristina Joanaz de Melo • Estelita Vaz Lígia M. Costa Pinto Editors
Environmental History in the Making Volume II: Acting
Editors Cristina Joanaz de Melo IHC, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal
Estelita Vaz Escola de Ciências Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal
Lígia M. Costa Pinto NIMA, Escola de Economia e Gestão Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal
ISSN 2211-9019 ISSN 2211-9027 (electronic) Environmental History ISBN 978-3-319-41137-8 ISBN 978-3-319-41139-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41139-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016954320 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Contents
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Using Resources – Stories of Resources Exploitation in Time and Its Evolving in the Long Run
Agriculture and Livestock in Wetlands in the Bogota Plateau (Colombia), Eighteenth Century. Land Use and Wetland Management ..................................................................... Katherinne Giselle Mora Pacheco Modern Urban Development and Revolution in Mexico: Hydraulic Infrastructure in Chihuahua City During the Porfiriato (1892–1911) ...................................................................... Jaime R. Ruiz Digging into Our Whaling Past: Addressing the Portuguese Influence in the Early Modern Exploitation of Whales in the Atlantic .......................................................................................... Cristina Brito, Nina Vieira, Vera Jordão, and António Teixeira Good Fisheries vs. Bad Fisheries: Ideological and Scientific Base
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