Toxic Timescapes - Examining Toxicity Across Time and Space

From radioactive waste to coral reefs, this environmental humanities volume reconsiders contamination and pollution as toxic timescapes: dynamic events with both temporal and spatial dimensions.

About the author

Simone M. Müller is Heisenberg Professor for Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities at the University of Augsburg Germany. As a historian and environmental humanities scholar, she works at the intersection of globalization processes, discards, and environmental justice.
May-Brith Ohman Nielsen is a professor of history and history didactics at the University of Agder and project leader of the research group "Deadly Dreams: The Cultural History of Poison, 1850-2020." Her work in environmental history and environmental humanities focuses on pesticides in social, generational, and historical contexts. Her other research areas include the history of epidemics, everyday life, and ideologies.

Summary

From radioactive waste to coral reefs, this environmental humanities volume reconsiders contamination and pollution as toxic timescapes: dynamic events with both temporal and spatial dimensions.

Product details

• Authors: Simone M. (EDT)/ Nielsen Muller
• Assisted by: Simone M. Muller (Editor), May-Brith Ohman Nielsen (Editor)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780821425039
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2503-9
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Series in Ecology and History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous