J. R. McNeill

What should we remember : A global poll among environmental historians

lective environmental memory of the world, what would it be?” In the spring of 2013, scholars from around the world found themselves confronted with this pointed question, and many of them – 22 in all – sent a reply. The original idea was that, in a volume dedicated to the merger of memory studies and environmental history, such a poll would broaden our perspective beyond the individual articles. The result is a colorful mix. It includes animals and bombs, dust and climate, organic and mineral resources, the old conservation movement and the new post-1970 environmental movement. From a geographical per“ What Should We Remember? A Global Poll Among Environmental Historians