Explorations in Environmental History represents four decades of writing from one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of environmental history. Samuel Hays's dedication and research is apparent in every one of these essays, four of which are published here for the first time.
"Samuel Hays has been a leader in the field of environmental history since long before the field existed. His essays offer brilliant insight into the changing shape of American environmental politics over the course of the twentieth century, and this superb new collection makes them more accessible than ever before. No one who hopes to understand how we got to where we are today can afford to ignore them."
- William Cronon