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I forgot one: #envtech (history at the intersection of tech and environment). Sara B. Pritchard and I have a book on this (named, functionally, Technology and the Environment in History). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12452/technology-and-environment-history
www.press.jhu.eduTechnology and the Environment in History | Hopkins Press
Oh, I see #histodon #histodons is building momentum. Hello! My most recent book is an urban environmental history of New York City, edited with Steven H. Corey. https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946526/
University of Pittsburgh PressCoastal Metropolis - University of Pittsburgh Press|9780822946526|Environmental Histories of Modern New York City|Built on an estuary, New York City is rich in population and economic activity but poor in available land to manage the needs of a modern city. Since consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898, New York has faced innumerable challenges, from complex water and waste management issues, to housing and feeding millions of residents in a concentrated area, to dealing with climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, and everything in between. Any consideration of sustainable urbanism requires understanding how cities have developed the systems that support modern life and the challenges...