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Archives for Frank Uekoetter
Environmental historian Frank Uekoetter asked top environmental scholars to identify the key turning points in their respective fields. The resulting collection of essays spans agriculture, forest history, urban environmental history, the knowledge society and the nation-state, among others. Environmental change often takes place on glacial time – forests grow slowly by human standards – so it can be extremely difficult to accurately identify specific turning points. Uekoetter is aware of this potential drawback, and humorously acknowledges it with a good-natured warning: “This book contains sweeping generalizations and significant omissions!”
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