Books Archive - University of Pittsburgh Press

Watching the River Run

A Photographic Journey Down the Youghiogheny

By Tim Palmer

A Vibrant Photo Essay of the Youghiogheny River

Youghiogheny

Appalachian River, Revised Edition

By Tim Palmer

The Fortieth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Exploration of the Youghiogheny River,Updated with a New Introduction and Epilogue

The Turning Points of Environmental History

Edited By Frank Uekötter

In this volume, an international group of environmental historians examine the significant ways in which humans have impacted their surroundings throughout history.

Between Ruin and Restoration

An Environmental History of Israel

Edited By Daniel E. Orenstein, Alon Tal, Char Miller

This volume assembles leading experts in policy, history, and activism to address Israel’s continuing environmental transformation from the biblical era through its future aspirations, with a particular focus on the past one hundred and fifty years.

Nature’s Entrepot

Philadelphia’s Urban Sphere and Its Environmental Thresholds

Edited By Brian C. Black, Michael J. Chiarappa

Philadelphia was one of America’s first major cities and an international seaport. Nature’s Entrepot views the planning, expansion, and sustainability of the urban environment of Philadelphia from its inception to the present.

Monastery for the Ibex, A

Conservation, State, and Conflict on the Gran Paradiso, 1919-1949

By Wilko Graf von Hardenberg

The First Detailed History of Italy’s Gran Paradiso National Park Under Fascist Rule

Nature’s Diplomats

Science, Internationalism, and Preservation, 1920-1960

By Raf De Bont

A History of Early International Preservationist Groups and the Natures They Sought to Preserve