Michael Egan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681999 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Egan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Egan |
| SIGNATURE | EGAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of History Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-4030, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4707-8169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Notable Sermon: The Subtext of Hao Ran’s Fiction
The Science of Bureaucracy: Risk Decision-Making and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age
The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century. Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consumption have increased, so have their byproducts—chemical contamination from fertilizers and pesticides, diesel emissions…
The Character of Human Institutions: Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science
Character of Human Institutions: Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science
Mercury's Web
This essay examines the widespread mercury poisoning that afflicted Iraq in 1972 as an entry point into a broader discussion of boundaries and nations in global environmental history. After poor harvests, the Iraqi government invested heavily in Green Revolution "wonder wheat," which they had coated in mercury-based fungicides to protect it in transit from Mexico to Iraq. After a series of unfortunate events, the wheat arrived late and peasants b…
Why Barry Commoner Matters
The biologist Barry Commoner has been instrumental in shaping American environmentalism over the past fifty years. The breadth of Commoner's activism—against nuclear fallout and the synthetic productions of the petrochemical industry—marked a new direction for American environmental activism that sought to raise awareness about the kinds of technological decisions that were giving rise to an environmental crisis. Similarly, his concerns over air …
Toxic Bodies/Toxic Environments: An Interdisciplinary Forum
Recommended Book
The Social Significance of the Environmental Crisis: Barry Commoner’s The Closing Circle
Among the many monographs written on the environmental crisis during the 1960s and 1970s, Barry Commoner’s The Closing Circle (1971) has arguably maintained its immediate relevance more than any other because of Commoner’s ability to articulate the social ramifications of environmental decline. This close reading of The Closing Circle proposes to situate Commoner’s most important book in its social and historical context. Particular attention is …
Subaltern Environmentalism in the United States: A Historiographic Review
When a group of people is faced with both social and environmental subordination, they are the victims of environmental injustice. This subordination is manifest in the disproportionate siting of environmental hazards in poor or minority communities and also in the inequitable distribution of ecological resources, both of which perpetuate the marginalisation of subaltern groups. At the heart of the environmental justice movement is a fight for th…
A Notable Sermon: The Subtext of Hao Ran's Fiction
Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979
The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949. Extending beyond fiction to poetry and drama, and covering song, opera, and film as well, these essays reveal a more lively and varied cultural life than that disclosed by studies confined to fiction and literary politics. Rather than stopping at the assumption that art reflects Party or government policy, the es…
Extreme Situations
The Speaking Tree: A Study of Indian Culture and Society
Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979
The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949. Extending beyond fiction to poetry and drama, and covering song, opera, and film as well, these essays reveal a more lively and varied cultural life than that disclosed by studies confined to fiction and literary politics. Rather than stopping at the assumption that art reflects Party or government policy, the es…
Toxic Bodies/Toxic Environments: An Interdisciplinary Forum
The Speaking Tree: A Study of Indian Culture and Society
Extreme Situations
A Notable Sermon: The Subtext of Hao Ran's Fiction
Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979
The essays in this volume constitute an exceptionally broad and inclusive account of Chinese literature and performing arts since 1949. Extending beyond fiction to poetry and drama, and covering song, opera, and film as well, these essays reveal a more lively and varied cultural life than that disclosed by studies confined to fiction and literary politics. Rather than stopping at the assumption that art reflects Party or government policy, the es…
The Social Significance of the Environmental Crisis: Barry Commoner’s The Closing Circle
Among the many monographs written on the environmental crisis during the 1960s and 1970s, Barry Commoner’s The Closing Circle (1971) has arguably maintained its immediate relevance more than any other because of Commoner’s ability to articulate the social ramifications of environmental decline. This close reading of The Closing Circle proposes to situate Commoner’s most important book in its social and historical context. Particular attention is …
Subaltern Environmentalism in the United States: A Historiographic Review
When a group of people is faced with both social and environmental subordination, they are the victims of environmental injustice. This subordination is manifest in the disproportionate siting of environmental hazards in poor or minority communities and also in the inequitable distribution of ecological resources, both of which perpetuate the marginalisation of subaltern groups. At the heart of the environmental justice movement is a fight for th…
Toxic Bodies/Toxic Environments: An Interdisciplinary Forum
Recommended Book
Why Barry Commoner Matters
The biologist Barry Commoner has been instrumental in shaping American environmentalism over the past fifty years. The breadth of Commoner's activism—against nuclear fallout and the synthetic productions of the petrochemical industry—marked a new direction for American environmental activism that sought to raise awareness about the kinds of technological decisions that were giving rise to an environmental crisis. Similarly, his concerns over air …
Mercury's Web
This essay examines the widespread mercury poisoning that afflicted Iraq in 1972 as an entry point into a broader discussion of boundaries and nations in global environmental history. After poor harvests, the Iraqi government invested heavily in Green Revolution "wonder wheat," which they had coated in mercury-based fungicides to protect it in transit from Mexico to Iraq. After a series of unfortunate events, the wheat arrived late and peasants b…
The Character of Human Institutions: Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science
Character of Human Institutions: Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science
The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age
The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth century. Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has been accompanied by the spread of industrial pollution. As our capacities for production and our aptitude for consumption have increased, so have their byproducts—chemical contamination from fertilizers and pesticides, diesel emissions…
A Notable Sermon: The Subtext of Hao Ran’s Fiction
The Science of Bureaucracy: Risk Decision-Making and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Ecology (3 works)