The Historian 162: Environment

The magazine of the Historical Association

Published: 29th July 2024

Contents

4 Letters

5 Editorial (Read article)

6 Environmental history and the challenges of the present Amanda Power (Read article)

12 Art and ecology: making connections across museum collections to educate people about the Earth Crisis Carla Benzan and Samuel Shaw (Read article)

18 Glacier Tours in the Northern Playground  Christian Drury (Read article)

24 Sensory streetscapes: people and urban environments 1930–1975  Lucy Faire and Denise McHugh (Read article)

32 Doing history for climate action: the Risky Cities Project at the University of Hull  Briony McDonagh and Hannah Worthen (Read article)

36 Father of the Free French Navy: Thierry d’Argenlieu, Gaullist and Carmelite  Adrian Smith (Read article)

41 The Chinese National Anthem  Derek Ying (Read article)

46 American Vikings past and present: untangling myth from reality  Martyn Whittock (Read article)

54 In conversation with Mark Nicholls  James Sewry (Read article)

60 Real Lives: Henry Allingham and the First World War: a conflict in which the efforts of every man made a difference  Asim Shah (Read article)

63 Ask The Historian

64 My Favourite History Place: Bad Godesberg Tower  Julia Dean (Read article)

68 Reviews

Regular features: Access all past editions of our regular features Real Lives, History Abridged, My Favourite History Place and Out & About

Cover image: Walkers examine a crevasse on Hardangerjøkulen, 1908. Anders Beer Wilse/Norsk Folkemuseum

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