Energy
My GGR333 – Energy and Society course contains numerous links (introductory level) to most topics related energy production and policy
Lectures
- LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION
- LECTURE 2: CONCEPTS AND THE BIG PICTURE
- LECTURES 3-6: CARBON-FUELLED CIVILIZATIONS
- LECTURES 7-9: ELECTRICITY
- LECTURE 10: THE PERENNIAL ENERGY DEBATE
- LECTURE 11: THE CURSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
- LECTURE 12: THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE
Topical Resources
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Fossil fuel divestment Controversy
- Pipelines Politics
- Fracking
- The Gasland/FrackNation Controversy
- Nuclear Safety
- Germany’s Energiewende
- The Planet of the Humans Controversy
- Net Zero and Electrification
Various links
Environmental, Medical & Technology History
My GGR 329 – Environment and the Roots of Globalization course contains numerous links to a number of topics related to the environmental, medical and technology history
- LECTURE 1: Environmental Determinism (Old)
- LECTURE 2: History of the Human Race and Early Migrations
- LECTURES 4-6: History of Agriculture
- LECTURES 7-8: History of Epidemic Diseases
- LECTURE 9: History of Technology
- LECTURE 12: Environmental Determinism (New)
BOOK AND WEBSITE SUGGESTIONS
• General Interest
Social Evolution and History (open access academic journal, several relevant articles).
• Environmental History
American Environmental History Bibliography
Arizona State biology professor Stephen Pyne’s Websites “Environmental Historiography – Canon and Counter-Canon” and “Introducing Environmental History“
EH-Net book review library (arranged thematically)
Environmental Politics and Policy
Envirotech (Histories of the Environment and Technology)
Georgetown University historian John McNeill on:
– McNeill, John R. and Erin Stewart Mauldin (eds). 2012. A Companion to Global Environmental History. Wiley (See McNeill’s chapter on “Global Environmental History: The First 150,000 Years“)
– Mc Neill, John R. 2010. “The State of the Field of Environmental History.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 35: 345-374.
– The Historiography of Environmental History
– “Issues and Literature” in Environmental History
H-Environment Discussion Network
Historian William Cronon’s webpage on useful environmental history web links.
Latin American Environmental History
Myers and Miles’s supplementary bibliography of Environmental History and Ethics
• History of Medicine
Historian Peter McCandless’ research seminar syllabus on
– Disease, Migration and the Environment
– Medical History
History in Focus: Medical History – Bibliography
• History of technology
EH-Net book review library (arranged thematically)
Envirotech (Histories of the Environment and Technology)
Florida State Historian Robert Hatch’s Annotated Bibliography on the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
USEFUL WEBSITES
• Environmental History
H-Environment website (part of H-Net, the Humanities and Social Sciences Online initiative) especially the links to environmental resources online.
Environmental History Timeline
Environmental History on the Web
Environmental History Bibliographies
• Medical History
American Association for the History of Medicine
Science Museum’s History of Medicine website
• Historical Geography
BUBL link (Historical Geography)
Historical Geography Specialty Group
Globalization & World Trade
GGR 329 – Environment and the Roots of Globalization: Lectures
GGR 365 – Trade and Globalization: Lectures
GGR 387- Food and Globalization: Lectures
SUGGESTED WEBSITES
General Interest
Suggested sources on
– Environment and the roots of globalization
– Food and globalization
Economist Douglas Irwin’s Trade Related Links
Popular Globalization Books (GoodReads)
Best Books about Globalization (Amazon)
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
– Digital Library
– on Globalization and Development
– on International Trade
Sources of Global Data
> Gateways to numerous governmental, UN and other agencies and NGO data sources
UN Human Development Reports (International Human Development Indicators)
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
– Statistics
– Population Division
– Forests
– Sustainable Development
– Social Policy and Development Division
– Publications
Sources of Global Data on The Globalization Website
Links with the statistical Webpages of all the major organizations, from the UN to the CIA. An easy way to find all sorts of statistics on economic growth, the environment, inequalities, women, religious movements, health, culture and other issues.
NationMaster.com
NationMaster is a fun site for quick statistics on countries.
Researching Globalization on Global Transformations
Presents a number of indicators that can be used to measure various phenomenons.
World Development Indicators (World Bank)
FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
– Statistics
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – The World Factbook
International Monetary Fund (IMF) – World Outlook Database
> Comparative Work
Economic Freedom Network + 2013 Index of Economic Freedom
Two attempts to measure economic freedom in a large number of countries with much factual information about each country. Essential information if you want to know if a country is more or less open to trade than another.
The Corruption Perception Index + The Global Corruption Report
How corrupt is your country? How does it compare to others?
World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) survey
> Topical
Human Development Reports of the United Nations Development Program
International Maritime Organization
SICE – Foreign Trade Information System (Organization of American States)
Several essays on technical issues dealing with trade relations between countries in the Americas.
The University of Texas Inequality Project
The UTIP is concerned with measuring and explaining movements of inequality in wages and earnings and patterns of industrial changes around the world.
The Global Poverty Mapping Project