Environmental history: an applied science

This podcast essay puts environmental history in a theoretical
and practical framework and considers why this area of study
differs from other flavours of history. It will discuss what the
narrative of environmental is and how this is researched
illustrated by some practical examples of how environmental
historians work. Finally the podcast considers the ethical
dimension and the pitfalls and advantages of the contemporary
importance of environmental history as part of current
environmental issues. This is part four of a four-part series of
podcasts investigating the nature, methods and challenges of
environmental history.


Music credits: Sand Castle by Pitx, Kokokur by Pitx Ana's Guitar,
Open Window by Gurdonark. All available from ccmixter.org.