Joshua Macfadyen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4089448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Macfadyen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua |
| FAMILY NAME | Macfadyen |
| SIGNATURE | MACFADYEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1568-8843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Recent advances in social metabolism research
Social Metabolism research emerged in the 1970s and has since evolved into a dynamic field of social science research on pressing environmental and sustainability challenges in the twenty‐first century. Historians began using these methods to evaluate socio‐ecological transitions of societies and compare patterns of resource use over time and across space. This introduction explains the central tenets of Social Metabolism research and briefly exp…
Downtown Toronto’s emergent properties
Between 1850 and 1926 Ontario’s capital city, Toronto, grew from a small colonial port to one of the largest cities on the Great Lakes. In this article we introduce a rich time series dataset of ships entering the city’s port and the commodities they carried, explore its potential for urban metabolism research, and consider some of its limitations. We argue that the detail recorded in the ledgers of the Toronto Harbour Master affords multiple tem…
These Well-Wooded Towns
In the late 1860s, Toronto subsidized two narrow gauge rail lines in an effort to meet rising energy demands, make use of its hinterland’s ability to supply firewood, and utilize railway charters to enforce cheap transportation of firewood from the hinterland to the city. Several of the new Dominion’s earliest railways were thus not the typical trunk lines for connecting distant population centres; rather, they were narrow gauge lines that ran in…
“Living Lightly on the Earth”
Flax Americana
Everyday Exchanges
Long-range forecasts
Crop and weather forecasting are some of the least predictable elements of agri-business, and public and private sector interests have developed different approaches to improving results in each area. This article examines how organisations produced, acquired, and shared the environmental knowledge they needed for success in the increasingly global supply chains of agri-business. Crop knowledge was extensive and growing in the late nineteenth cen…
Time and a Place
Breaking Sod or Breaking Even? Flax on the Northern Great Plains and Prairies, 1889-1930
A new thirst for paint and color in cities made extensive flax production profitable in the northern Great Plains and Prairies and contributed to the cultivation of the most fragile grassland ecosystems. The production of flax seed for linseed oil became an early spin-off of the Prairie wheat economy but, unlike wheat, flax vanished from old land after one or two rotations and reappeared in districts with the most new breaking. Officials explaine…
Breaking Sod or Breaking Even? Flax on the Northern Great Plains and Prairies, 1889–1930
A new thirst for paint and color in cities made extensive flax production profitable in the northern Great Plains and Prairies and contributed to the cultivation of the most fragile grassland ecosystems. The production of flax seed for linseed oil became an early spin-off of the Prairie wheat economy but, unlike wheat, flax vanished from old land after one or two rotations and reappeared in districts with the most new breaking. Officials explaine…
These Well-Wooded Towns
In the late 1860s, Toronto subsidized two narrow gauge rail lines in an effort to meet rising energy demands, make use of its hinterland’s ability to supply firewood, and utilize railway charters to enforce cheap transportation of firewood from the hinterland to the city. Several of the new Dominion’s earliest railways were thus not the typical trunk lines for connecting distant population centres; rather, they were narrow gauge lines that ran in…
Downtown Toronto’s emergent properties
Between 1850 and 1926 Ontario’s capital city, Toronto, grew from a small colonial port to one of the largest cities on the Great Lakes. In this article we introduce a rich time series dataset of ships entering the city’s port and the commodities they carried, explore its potential for urban metabolism research, and consider some of its limitations. We argue that the detail recorded in the ledgers of the Toronto Harbour Master affords multiple tem…
Breaking Sod or Breaking Even? Flax on the Northern Great Plains and Prairies, 1889-1930
A new thirst for paint and color in cities made extensive flax production profitable in the northern Great Plains and Prairies and contributed to the cultivation of the most fragile grassland ecosystems. The production of flax seed for linseed oil became an early spin-off of the Prairie wheat economy but, unlike wheat, flax vanished from old land after one or two rotations and reappeared in districts with the most new breaking. Officials explaine…
Breaking Sod or Breaking Even? Flax on the Northern Great Plains and Prairies, 1889-1930
A new thirst for paint and color in cities made extensive flax production profitable in the northern Great Plains and Prairies and contributed to the cultivation of the most fragile grassland ecosystems. The production of flax seed for linseed oil became an early spin-off of the Prairie wheat economy but, unlike wheat, flax vanished from old land after one or two rotations and reappeared in districts with the most new breaking. Officials explaine…
Breaking Sod or Breaking Even? Flax on the Northern Great Plains and Prairies, 1889–1930
A new thirst for paint and color in cities made extensive flax production profitable in the northern Great Plains and Prairies and contributed to the cultivation of the most fragile grassland ecosystems. The production of flax seed for linseed oil became an early spin-off of the Prairie wheat economy but, unlike wheat, flax vanished from old land after one or two rotations and reappeared in districts with the most new breaking. Officials explaine…
Time and a Place
Long-range forecasts
Crop and weather forecasting are some of the least predictable elements of agri-business, and public and private sector interests have developed different approaches to improving results in each area. This article examines how organisations produced, acquired, and shared the environmental knowledge they needed for success in the increasingly global supply chains of agri-business. Crop knowledge was extensive and growing in the late nineteenth cen…
Flax Americana
Everyday Exchanges
“Living Lightly on the Earth”
These Well-Wooded Towns
In the late 1860s, Toronto subsidized two narrow gauge rail lines in an effort to meet rising energy demands, make use of its hinterland’s ability to supply firewood, and utilize railway charters to enforce cheap transportation of firewood from the hinterland to the city. Several of the new Dominion’s earliest railways were thus not the typical trunk lines for connecting distant population centres; rather, they were narrow gauge lines that ran in…
Recent advances in social metabolism research
Social Metabolism research emerged in the 1970s and has since evolved into a dynamic field of social science research on pressing environmental and sustainability challenges in the twenty‐first century. Historians began using these methods to evaluate socio‐ecological transitions of societies and compare patterns of resource use over time and across space. This introduction explains the central tenets of Social Metabolism research and briefly exp…
Downtown Toronto’s emergent properties
Between 1850 and 1926 Ontario’s capital city, Toronto, grew from a small colonial port to one of the largest cities on the Great Lakes. In this article we introduce a rich time series dataset of ships entering the city’s port and the commodities they carried, explore its potential for urban metabolism research, and consider some of its limitations. We argue that the detail recorded in the ledgers of the Toronto Harbour Master affords multiple tem…
Geography (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Agricultural economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Agroforestry (2 works) · Agronomy (2 works) · American History and Culture (2 works)