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Radkau on the Americas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

J. R. McNeill
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In his book Nature and Power Joachim Radkau seeks to provide a broad vision of environmental history that is not unduly influenced by American perspectives but does justice to the experience of the “Old World.” Given this motive behind his work, how does Radkau deal with the American hemisphere? Examination of the relevant sections of his book shows that Radkau is drawn toward areas of environmental history with scholarly debate, takes conventional positions for the most part on those debates, and follows the literature in emphasizing the United States over the rest of the Americas.

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Social Science History , Volume 37 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Global Environmental History , Fall 2013 , pp. 393 - 405
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2013 

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