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ENCLOSING WATER is the winner of the 2011 TURKU BOOK AWARD for environmental history
The White Horse Press has published a number of highly respected studies in environmental history and we are pleased to announce that some of these books are now being reprinted. They include The Subterranean Forest, Rolf Peter Sieferle’s landmark study of the industrial revolution transition to fossil-fuel energy, more relevant than ever as the need to evolve beyond this system becomes increasingly urgent; and the essay collection Soils and Societies, which explores the multi-faceted relationship between human culture and soils, across nations and eras.
To take our book-list forward we have recently commissioned a number of new volumes. The first of these is Enclosing Water (July 2010) by Stefania Barca, an environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines. The collection, Environmental and Social Justice in the City, edited by Geneviève Massard-Guilbaud and Richard Rodger appeared in February 2011; and in June 2011 we published Thinking Through the Environment, a collection edited by Timo Myllyntaus, which offers global perspectives on the intersections of mind and environment across a variety of disciplines, from history to politics to the visual arts. Other recently published monographs include Marco Armiero’s A Rugged Nation: Mountains and the Making of Modern Italy and Wapulumuka Oliver Mulwafu’s Conservation Song: A History of Peasant-State Relations and the Environment in Malawi, 1860-2000. Forthcoming in 2012 is Changing Deserts: Integrating People and their Environment, a collection edited by Lisa Mol and Troy Sternberg.
In addition, we are publishing a new series of environmental history readers, suitable for students. Comprising essays selected from our journals, Environment and History and Environmental Values, each inexpensive paperback volume addresses an important theme in environmental history, combining underlying theory and specific case-studies. The first volume, Bio-invaders, (August 2010) investigates the rhetoric and realities of exotic, introduced and ‘alien’ species; the second volume, Landscapes explores the conceptualisation of environments as landscape, philosophically and historically, while the third, Indigenous Knowledge investigates how indigenous peoples from various cultures interact with and conceptualise their environments.
Books can be ordered through any bookseller or from our distributors, Turpin Distribution, by phone (+44 (0) 1767 604951), fax (+44 (0) 1767 601640) or email.
We anticipate gradually augmenting this list over time and are always interested in high quality proposals. You can download our book proposal form as aWord document or PDF, or contact Sarah Johnson at the address below to discuss your idea.
THE WHITE HORSE PRESS
10 High Street
Knapwell
CAMBRIDGE, CB23 4NR