EH Vol.32 (4), November 2026

Our Burning Landscapes: History and Politics of Fire in the Modern World

INTRODUCTION
Our Burning Landscapes: History and Politics of Fire in the Modern World Miguel Carmo, Bárbara Direito, José Miguel Ferreira

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Burning the Black Dragon, Creating Dongbei: Fire Social Ecological History in Northeastern China, 1945–2005 Jack Patrick Hayes

The Burning Landscapes of the Serras of Southern Portugal: A Silent Transition from Fire-Centric Landscapes to Massive Forest Fires Miguel Carmo

‘Stinking Hot Weather’: Embodying Fire Suppression on the Ground and in the Air in Mid-Twentieth-Century British Columbia Mica Jorgenson, Judith Burr

Burning as a Throughline: A History of Anthropogenic Fires in the National Forests of North Carolina Cynthia T. Fowler

The Contribution of Environmental History to Understanding Fires in Landscapes: Exploring Analogies between Case Studies in South Africa and Portugal Simon Pooley

SNAPSHOTS
Snapshots: Editorial Introduction Tyson Luneau

Conservation and Nature: A Political Ecology Perspective from the Indian Sundarbans Amir Sohel

Mapuche Community Structure and its Engendering of Environmental Resilience Andrew Slemmon

BOOK REVIEWS
Aaron Eddens, Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa Yuan Huang

Marilena Mela, Assembling the Archipelago: Heritage in Energy Transitions and Climate Action Yanling Hong, Hanhui Li

Onur İnal, Gateway to the Mediterranean: An Environmental History of Late Ottoman Izmir Nurçin İleri

Andrea Duffy, The Nature of Empire: Modern Imperialism and the Roots of the Anthropocene Minting He, Xuefeng Wang

SOCIETY PAGES
ESEH Notepad – Halfway Through, Still a Long Way to Go Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg