Martin Lewis
Senior Lecturer in History, Emeritus
Bio
Martin W. Lewis is a senior lecturer in international history at Stanford University. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Studies in 1979, and received a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in geography in 1987. His dissertation, and first book, examined the interplay among economic development, environmental degradation, and cultural change in the highlands of northern Luzon in the Philippines. Subsequently, he turned his attention to issues of global geography, writing (with Karen Wigen) The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography (University of California Press, 1997). He is also the co-author of a world geography textbook, Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development (Prentice Hall), and is the former associate editor of The Geographical Review. Martin W. Lewis taught at the George Washington University and then at Duke University, where he was co-director of the program in Comparative Area Studies, before coming to Stanford University in the fall of 2002. He writes on current events and issues of global geography and at GeoCurrents.info.
Academic Appointments
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Staff Emeritus Retiree, History
Administrative Appointments
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Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Stanford University (2006 - Present)
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Lecturer, International Relations, International Policy Studies, and History, Stanford University (2002 - 2006)
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Interim Director, International Relations, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Interim Director, International Relations, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Research Professor, Geography, Duke University (2001 - 2002)
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Co-Director, Program in Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (2001 - 2002)
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Associate Research Professor, Geography, Duke University (1995 - 2001)
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Co-Director, Program in Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1995 - 2001)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1994 - 1995)
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Assistant Professor, School of the Environment and Center for International Studies, Duke University (1993 - 1994)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Science, The George Washington University (1988 - 1993)
Honors & Awards
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Award for Best New Textbook, Humanities and Social Sciences, Text and Academic Authors Association (2001)
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Nomination for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, Duke University (1999 - 2000)
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Nomination for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, Duke University (1996 - 1997)
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Nomination for the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, Duke University (1993 - 1994)
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Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Service, International Geographical Congress, Washington D.C. (1992)
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Certificate of Appreciation in Recognition of Outstanding Contribution, To the University Community, Student Association of The George Washington University (1990)
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Junior Faculty Incentive Award, The George Washington University (1990)
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Fulbright Fellowship, Institute for International Education (1985 - 1986)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of History, Stanford University (2009 - 2011)
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Premajor Advisor, Stanford University (2008 - 2010)
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Organizer, Initiative in World History, Department of History, Stanford University (2008)
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Associate Director, Program in International Policy Studies, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Interim Director, Programs in International Relations (2004 - 2006)
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Interim Director, Program in International Policy Studies, Stanford University (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Admissions Committee, Program in International Policy Studies, Stanford University (2003 - 2006)
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Organizer, Stanford University International Relations and International Policy Studies Conference on International NGOs: Perspectives on Building Global Civil Society (2005 - 2005)
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Faculty Advisor, International Relations, Stanford University (2002)
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Co-Director, Program in Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1997 - 2002)
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Co-Director, Ford-Foundation Funded Program to Revitalize Area Studies at Duke University (1997 - 2002)
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Member, Advisory Committee, Title VI Center for International Studies (2000 - 2002)
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Member, International Affairs Advisory Committee, Duke University (1998 - 2002)
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Advisor, Environmental Sciences and Policy Undergraduate Program (1998 - 2002)
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Member, Undergraduate Travel Awards Committee, Center for International Studies (1998 - 2002)
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Member, Study Abroad Committee, Duke University (1997 - 2002)
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Member, Fulbright Fellowship Committee, Duke University (1996 - 2002)
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Co-Director, International Workshop: "Oceans Connect: Mapping a New Global Scholarship" (Held at Duke University) (1998 - 1998)
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Member, Steering Committee for Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1996 - 1997)
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Member, Steering Committee for Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1993 - 1994)
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Pre-Major Advisor, Duke University (1996 - 1997)
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Pre-Major Advisor, Duke University (1993 - 1994)
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Undergraduate Advisor, Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1996)
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Undergraduate Advisor, Comparative Area Studies, Duke University (1993 - 1994)
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Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1994 - 1995)
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Faculty Senator, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1994 - 1995)
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Member, Committee on Individual Majors, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1994 - 1995)
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Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Geography and Regional Science, The George Washington University (1989 - 1993)
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Member, Committee for the Establishment of a Master's Program, Department of Geography and Regional Science, George Washington University (1988 - 1989)
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Representative, American Geographical Society for the annual Geography Bowl competition (2004 - 2006)
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Geography consultant, Mental Floss magazine (2003 - 2007)
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Member, Exploratory committee on "Inter-Asian Connections," Social Science Research Council, New York (2002 - 2003)
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Associate Editor, The Geographical Review (1996 - 2001)
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Area Director, Southeast Asia. Asian Studies Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (1996 - 1998)
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Member, Planning Committee for the Conference, "The Flight from Reason and Science." New York Academy of Sciences (1994 - 1994)
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Member, Travel Grant Committee of the International Geographic Congress (1991 - 1991)
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Member, Teller's Committee of the Association of American Geographers (1991 - 1991)
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Referee, Journal manuscripts for Annals of the Association of American Geographers
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Referee, Geographical Review
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Referee, Economic Geography
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Referee, Human Organization
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Referee, Education about Asia
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Referee, Progress in Human Geography
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Referee, Isis
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Referee, Journal of Asian Studies
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Referee, Cultural Geographies
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Referee, Perspectives on Politics
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Referee, Grant proposals for the National Science Foundation
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Referee, Book manuscripts for Duke University Press
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Referee, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Referee, The University of Nevada Press
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Referee, The Syracuse University Press
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Referee, Book prospectus for the University of California Press
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Referee, Book prospectus for the Oxford University Press
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Tenure Referee, University of ldaho
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Tenure Referee, The George Washington University
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PhD examiner, Murdoch University (Perth, Australia)
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PhD examiner, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
Professional Education
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Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Cruz, Environmental Studies (1979)
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Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, Geography (1985)
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, Geography (1987)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Studies (3)
- Curricular Practical Training
HISTORY 299F (Sum) - Directed Reading in International Relations
INTNLREL 197 (Win, Spr) - Senior Thesis
INTNLREL 198 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Curricular Practical Training
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Global History: The Early Modern World, 1300 to 1800
HISTORY 1B (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Global History: The Early Modern World, 1300 to 1800
HISTORY 1B (Win) - Global Human Geography: Asia and Africa
HISTORY 106A (Win) - Global Human Geography: Europe and Americas
HISTORY 106B (Spr) - World History Pedagogy Workshop
HISTORY 306K (Spr) - World History: Graduate Colloquium
HISTORY 306D (Spr)
- Global History: The Early Modern World, 1300 to 1800
All Publications
- Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2013
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The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2012; 29 (1): 88-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000208839300022
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The Contours of America's Cold War. (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2012; 117 (2): 553-554
View details for Web of Science ID 000303099000087
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Green urban revival The Agile City: Building Well-Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2011; 28 (1): 88-91
View details for Web of Science ID 000303632200031
- The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography Shanghai People's Press. 2011
- Geographies The Oxford Handbook of World History edited by Bentley, J. Oxford University Press. 2011
- Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2011
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The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2011; 27 (2): 91-94
View details for Web of Science ID 000285955600020
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Bottled and Sold: The History Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2010; 27 (1): 85-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000283914700032
- Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2010
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The Rising Sea (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2010; 26 (2): 85-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000283915600029
- Geographical Ignorance Encyclopedia of Geography edited by Warf, B. 2010
- Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 The International History Review 2009; 31 (3): 590 - 591
- Where is Asia? What is the Pacific?: The Politics and Practice of Global Division Remaking Area Studies: New Perspectives on Learning Asia Pacific edited by Wesley-Smith, T., Goss, J. University of Hawaii Press. 2009
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Global catastrophes and trends: The next fifty years (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2008; 25 (1): 91-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000259553200032
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A hundred horizons: The Indian ocean in the age of global empire (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
2008; 98 (2): 306-308
View details for Web of Science ID 000255427700011
- Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World 2008
- Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2008
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The unnatural history of the sea (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2007; 24 (1): 91-?
View details for Web of Science ID 000250234400033
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The revenge of Gaia: Earth's climate in crisis and the fate of humanity (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2007; 23 (2): 81-84
View details for Web of Science ID 000243344800033
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Cities in the wilderness: A new vision of land use in America (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2006; 22 (3): 87-89
View details for Web of Science ID 000236507500023
- Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2006
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The new consumers: The influence of affluence on the environment (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2005; 21 (2): 90-92
View details for Web of Science ID 000226298100041
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Red sky at morning: America and the crisis of the global environment (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2004; 20 (4): 79-81
View details for Web of Science ID 000222819400034
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American empire: Roosevelt's geographer and the prelude to globalization. (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2004; 109 (2): 554-554
View details for Web of Science ID 000221137700094
- On Human Connectedness with Nature Intersections edited by Littleton, M. J. MA: Tapestry Press. 2004
- Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World 2004
- Geographical Constructions Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History edited by McNeill, W. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing. 2004
- Cartography Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History edited by McNeill, W. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing. 2004
- Geography and Culture Condensed Knowledge edited by Pearson, W., Hattikuder, M., Hunt, E. 2004: 107–128
- Cultural and Geographical Areas Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History edited by McNeill, W. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing. 2004
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Beyond earth day: Fulfilling the promise (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2003; 19 (3): 98-100
View details for Web of Science ID 000182170000039
- Asian Geography Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century edited by Gaile, G. L., Willmott, C. J. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003: 618–657
- Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2003
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The geographical imagination in America, 1880-1950. (Book Review)
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
2002; 107 (1): 226-226
View details for Web of Science ID 000173983300089
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Struggles over geography: Violence, freedom and development at the millennium (The Hettner lecture 1999) (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
2001; 28 (4): 178-180
View details for Web of Science ID 000172769800009
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This sovereign land: A new vision for governing the West (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2001; 17 (4): 77-81
View details for Web of Science ID 000172172100028
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Global ignorance
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
2000; 90 (4): 603-628
View details for Web of Science ID 000170607000007
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Defending illusions: Federal protection of ecosystems. (Book Review)
PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER
2000; 52 (3): 572-573
View details for Web of Science ID 000089395300020
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Third Worldism or Globalism? Reply to James M. Blaut's review of The 'Myth of Continents'
JOURNAL OF WORLD HISTORY
2000; 11 (1): 81-92
View details for Web of Science ID 000085564200004
- Is There a Third World? Response to Paul Mack Current History 2000
- Earth Rising Issues in Science and Technology 2000; 17: 75 - 77
- Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans Issues in Science and Technology 2000; 16: 82 - 84
- The Land That Could Be Issues in Science and Technology 2000; 17: 75 - 77
- Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 2000
- Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth Century World The Geographical Review 2000; 90: 147 - 149
- The Water World: Maritime Basins as Global Architects Ubique: Notes from the American Geographical Society 2000; 20: 1 - 2
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Toward a self-critical environmentalism
POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES
1999; 18 (2): 229-231
View details for Web of Science ID 000167070100014
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Dividing the ocean sea
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1999; 89 (2): 188-214
View details for Web of Science ID 000086616200004
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A maritime response to the crisis in area studies
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1999; 89 (2): 161-168
View details for Web of Science ID 000086616200002
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The promise and peril of environmental justice (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1999; 15 (3): 88-90
View details for Web of Science ID 000079655300032
- Is There a Third World? Current History 1999; 98 (631): 355 - 358
- Hearts and Minds: Author's Response Metascience 1998; 7 (1): 39 - 45
- The Flight from Science and Reason Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences edited by Gross, P. R., Levitt, N., Lewis, M. John Hopkins University Press. 1997
- The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography University of California Press. 1997
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The betrayal of science and reason: How anti-environmental rhetoric threatens our future - Ehrlich,PR, Ehrlich,AE (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1997; 13 (2): 82-84
View details for Web of Science ID A1997WE19800031
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The Flight from Science and Reason. Proceedings of a conference. New York, New York, USA. May 31-June 2, 1995.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
1996; 775: 1-593
View details for PubMedID 9729209
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The causes of tropical deforestation: The economic and statistical analysis of factors giving rise to the loss of the tropical forests - Brown,K, Pearce,DW (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1996; 86 (1): 131-133
View details for Web of Science ID A1996WM74200020
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Radical environmental philosophy and the assault on reason
New-York-Academy-of-Sciences Conference on the Flight from Science to Reason
NEW YORK ACAD SCIENCES. 1996: 209–230
View details for Web of Science ID A1996BF87N00017
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But is it true? A citizen's guide to environmental health and safety issues - Wildavsky,A (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1996; 12 (2): 77-?
View details for Web of Science ID A1996TP39300028
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PLUNDERING PARADISE - THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES - BROAD,R, CAVANAGH,J (Book Review)
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1995; 85 (3): 591-593
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RX15100012
- Environmental History Challenges the Myth of a Primordial Eden Worldly Words: American Nature Writing for Students of English edited by Slovic, S. Tokyo: Fumikura Press. 1995
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IN THE NATURE OF THINGS - LANGUAGE, POLITICS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT - BENNETT,J, CHALOUPKA,W (Book Review)
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1994; 84 (3): 514-516
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PH93800016
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FORCING THE SPRING - THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT - GOTTLIEB,R (Book Review)
ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1994; 10 (4): 80-84
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NX34000029
- Environmental History Challenges the Myth of a Primordial Eden Chronicle of Higher Education 1994: A56
- Environmental History Challenges the Myth of a Primordial Eden Journal of Geological Education 1994
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RICH FORESTS, POOR PEOPLE - RESOURCE CONTROL AND RESISTANCE IN JAVA - PELUSO,NL (Book Review)
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1993; 83 (4): 738-740
View details for Web of Science ID A1993MV11300021
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ON HUMAN CONNECTEDNESS WITH NATURE + ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOCENTRISM IN CONFLICT WITH RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSUMPTION, AN EXAMINATION OF NATURAL VERSUS SYNTHETIC ECOSYSTEMS
NEW LITERARY HISTORY
1993; 24 (4): 797-809
View details for Web of Science ID A1993MK42200005
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ON READING CULTURAL-GEOGRAPHY - REPLY
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1993; 83 (3): 520-522
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LW87600010
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THE REINVENTION OF CULTURAL-GEOGRAPHY
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1993; 83 (1): 1-17
View details for Web of Science ID A1993KW48000001
- The Green Threat to Nature: An Eco-Critique of Radical Environmentalism Elmwood Quarterly 1993: 26 - 32
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DEFORESTATION IN THE POSTWAR PHILIPPINES - KUMMER,DM (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1993; 83 (1): 95-98
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LC43600011
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BIODIVERSITY - SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES - SHIVA,V (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
1992; 51 (4): 871-872
View details for Web of Science ID A1992KB98500013
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THE CITY AS TEXT - THE POLITICS OF LANDSCAPE INTERPRETATION IN THE KANDYAN KINGDOM - DUNCAN,JS (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1992; 82 (3): 349-351
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JV74000020
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AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE CORDILLERA
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1992; 82 (1): 29-42
View details for Web of Science ID A1992HT12500003
- Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism Durham: Duke University Press. 1992
- Rainforest Politics: Ecological Destruction in South-East Asia Geographical Review 1992; 82 (1): 94 - 96
- The Green Threat to Nature: An Eco-Critique of Radical Environmentalism Harper's 1992: 26 - 32
- Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon. 1900-1986 Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1992
- Soil Erosion in a Coastal River Basin Pilipinas 1992; 18: 97 - 98
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ELUSIVE SOCIETIES - A REGIONAL-CARTOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATEDNESS
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1991; 81 (4): 605-626
View details for Web of Science ID A1991GQ89700003
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PARADISE FOUND AND LOST, VOL 3, OF THE PACIFIC SINCE MAGELLAN - SPATE,OHK (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1990; 80 (2): 201-202
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DJ08400018
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COMMERCIALIZATION AND COMMUNITY LIFE - THE GEOGRAPHY OF MARKET EXCHANGE IN A SMALL-SCALE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY
ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
1989; 79 (3): 390-410
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AM80400005
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SOUTHEAST-ASIA IN THE AGE OF COMMERCE, 1450-1680, VOL 1, THE LANDS BELOW THE WINDS - REID,A (Book Review)
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
1989; 79 (3): 385-387
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AV90000030