The land speaks : new voices at the intersection of oral and environmental history

Lee, Debbie (Deborah Jean) 1960- (author.). Lee, Debbie (Deborah Jean) 1960- (editor.). Newfont, Kathryn, (editor.).

Summary: "The Land Speaks explores the intersections of two vibrant fields, oral history and environmental studies. The pieces range North America, examining wilderness and cities, farms and forests, rivers and arid lands. The authors argue that oral history can capture communication from the land and serve as a tool for environmental problem solving. Essays include transcript excerpts and photographs, and address issues as diverse as climate change, pollution, animal encounters, and firefighting"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780190664527
ISBN: 0190664525
ISBN: 9780190664510
ISBN: 0190664517
Physical Description: print
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : listening to the land through oral history / Kathryn Newfont with Debbie Lee -- Private memories of public precipitation : gathering and assessing ecological oral histories in an era of climate change / Peter Friederici -- Fostering relationships with the wild : oral history's role in recreation management / Alison Steiner and Daniel R. Williams -- The public significance of the private farm / Nathaniel Van Yperen -- Documenting tension on Idaho's public lands: a case study from the Idaho Oral History Center collections / Troy J Reeves and Linda Morton-Keithley -- Territorial : a collective oral history of land and indigeneity in the Carib Territory of Dominica / Emma Gaalaas Mullaney -- Resurrecting dead lands : two oral histories of urban explorers / Ben S. Bunting Jr. -- Sending the flood upriver : impersonal change and personal stories in the Savannah River Valley / Robert P. Shapard -- (Re)constructing community commons and traditions : urban gardening and community spaces in the Haddington neighborhood of West Philadelphia / Patrick Hurley, Shakiya Canty, and Walter Greason -- Sky-fighters of the Forest : conscientious objectors, African American paratroopers, and the US Forest Service smokejumping program in World War II / Annie Hanshew -- Filling the gaps with silence : women's stories and the movement to save the Indiana Dunes, 1950-1970 / Brittany Bayless Fremion -- "A sense of comfort and belonging in the woods" : the narrative of Laurel Munson Boyers / Brenna Lissoway and Lu Ann Jones -- Thinking like a file cabinet : eco-cruising in the Bitterroots / James G. Lewis -- Legend Days : becoming animal in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness / Debbie Lee -- The many lives of Newtown Creek : a New York story / Betsy McCully.