ThisCompanionoffersacomprehensiveandaccessibleintroductiontotheenvironmentalhumanities,aninterdisciplinarymovementthatrespondstoaworldreconfiguredbyclimatechangeanditseffects,fromenvironmentalracismandglobalmigrationtoresourceimpoverishmentandtheimportanceofthenonhumanworld.Itaddressesthetwenty-firstcenturyrecognitionofanenvironmentalcrisis-itsantecedents,currentforms,andfuturetrajectories-aswellaspossibleresponsestoit.Thisbooksforegroundsscholarshipfromdifferentperiods,fields,andgloballocations,butitisorganizedtogivereadersaworkingcontextforthefoundationaldebates.EachchapterexaminesakeytopicorthemeinEnvironmentalHumanities,showswhythattopicemergedasacategoryofstudy,exploresthedifferentapproachestothetopics,suggestsfutureavenuesofinquiry,andconsidersthetopic’sglobalimplications,especiallythosethatinvolveenvironmentaljusticeissues.
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