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2024 Environmental History


Below, you'll find links to the new and soon-to-be published titles that are debuting this year, and we are offering a special 50% discount with free domestic shipping* on all titles in Environmental History and Indigenous Studies, so be sure to stock up! Just fill your shopping cart and use promo code ASEH24 at checkout.

  • *Discount expires April 30, 2024.
  • (Please note books that are not-yet-published will backorder, with estimated publication dates subject to change.)

If you had a project you were hoping to talk to us about, especially for our new Intersections in Environmental Justice series, please reach out to Nate Bauer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at your convenience. If you have questions about the discount offer, title availability, or the website, please email Beth Svinarich at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

New and forthcoming titles:

University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho

  • by Clark C. Spence
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

A Land Made from Water

Appropriation and the Evolution of Colorado's Landscape, Ditches, and Water Institutions

  • by Robert R. Crifasi
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

A Prosperous Way Down

Principles and Policies

  • by Howard T. Odum and Elisabeth C. Odum
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

As Precious as Blood

The Western Slope in Colorado’s Water Wars, 1900–1970

  • by Steven C. Schulte
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Best Backpacking Trips in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado

  • by Mike White and Douglas Lorain
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Big Box USA

The Environmental Impact of America's Biggest Retail Stores

  • edited by Bart Elmore, Rachel S. Gross, and Sherri Sheu
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Black Hills Forestry

A History

  • by John F. Freeman
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Building a Resilient Twenty-First-Century Economy for Rural America

  • by Don E. Albrecht
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Contested Waters

An Environmental History of the Colorado River

  • by April R. Summitt
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Energy Impacts

A Multidisciplinary Exploration of North American Energy Development

  • edited by Jeffrey B. Jacquet, Julia H. Haggerty, & Gene L. Theodori
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Environmental Politics and Policy in the West

Third Edition

  • edited by Zachary A. Smith and John Freemuth
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict

Negotiating Common Narratives, Values, and Ethos

  • by Kristin D. Pickering
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Epiphany in the Wilderness

Hunting, Nature, and Performance in the Nineteenth-Century American West

  • by Karen R. Jones
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Farm

A Multimodal Reader

  • edited by Joyce Kinkead, Evelyn Funda, & Lynne S. McNeil
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Fire Management in the American West

Forest Politics and the Rise of Megafires

  • by Mark Hudson
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene

Science, Policy, and Practice

  • edited by V. Alaric Sample, R. Patrick Bixler, and Char Miller
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Gambling on Ore

The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860-1910

  • by Kent Curtis
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Gold Metal Waters

The Animas River and the Gold King Mine Spill
  • edited by Brad T. Clark & Pete McCormick
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

Good Water

  • by Kevin Holdsworth
University Press of Colorado - Environmental History

High Plains Horticulture

A History

  • by John F. Freeman

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