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Works from 2012

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The materiality of privacy: Private spaces in public places, Laura Walikainen Rouleau

Submissions from 2011

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Climate change policy capacity at the sub-national government level, Adam Wellstead and Richard C. Stedman

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Constructing new knowledge in industrial archaeology, Timothy Scarlett and Sam R. Sweitz

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Ethanol from lignocellulosics, U.S. federal energy and agricultural policy, and the diffusion of innovation, Jill R. Jensen, Kathleen Halvorsen, and David Shonnard

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Industrial waters and island sustainability in Hawa`ii, Carol MacLennan

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Militarized landscapes in the island Pacific, Carol MacLennan

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Modeling the impacts of communication among nonindustrial private forest owners on forested landscapes, Audrey L. Mayer, Mark D. Rouleau, Mackenzie T. Roeser, and Jillian R. Schubert

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Policy analysts in the bureaucracy revisited: The nature of professional policy work in contemporary government, Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead

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Policy analytical capacity in changing governance contexts: A structural equation model (SEM) study of contemporary canadian policy work, Adam Wellstead, Richard C. Stedman, and Michael Howlett

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Rehydration/rehydroxylation kinetics of reheated XIX-century Davenport (Utah) ceramic, Timothy Scarlett, Patrick Bowen, Jaroslaw W. Drelich, and Helen J. Ranck

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Why we disagree about assisted migration: Ethical implications of a key debate regarding the future of Canada's forests, I. Aubin, C. M. Garbe, S. Colombo, C. R. Drever, D. W. McKenney, C. Messier, J. Pedlar, M. A. Saner, L. Venier, Adam Wellstead, R. Winder, E. Witten, and C. Ste-Marie

Submissions from 2010

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Aconcio at Berwick: Importing the trace italienne into England, 1560, Steven A. Walton

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A net-present value analysis for a wind turbine purchase at a small US college, Nicholas H. Johnson and Barry D. Solomon

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Island world: A history of Hawai`i and the United States. By Gary Okihiro, Carol MacLennan

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Pearl Harbor's waters: Capture, enclosure, and national security, Carol MacLennan

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Policy capacity and incapacity in canada's federal government, Adam Wellstead and Richard Stedman

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Theophrastus onLyngurium– Medieval and renaissance lore from the classical lapidary tradition, Steven A. Walton

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Tom Turner. Roadless rules: The struggle for the last wild forests, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Using environmental history to understand sustainability: The case of Silver City, NM, Carol MacLennan and Christa Walck

Works from 2009

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A Review of: “Durant, Robert F. The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change.”, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Community partnered projects: A case study of a collaborative effort to improve sanitation in a marginalized community in northwest Mexico, Agustin Robles-Morua, Alex Mayer, and Mary Durfee

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Review: Structures of change in the mechanical age: Technological innovation in the United States, 1790-1865. Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology by Ross Thomson, Steven A. Walton

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The diary of the setting-out of the West Point foundry, Steven A. Walton

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The militarization of Hawai'i's lands and waters, Carol MacLennan

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Two seasons of excavation at the 1865 office building at scenic Hudson's West Point foundry preserve, Timothy Scarlett

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Valuing climate protection through willingness to pay for biomass ethanol, Barry Solomon and Nicholas H. Johnson

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What if the local is exotic and the imported mundane? Measuring ceramic exchanges in Mormon Utah, Timothy Scarlett

Works from 2008

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Economic valuation of environmental services sustained by water flows in the Yaqui River Delta, Monica Ilija Ojeda, Alex Mayer, and Barry Solomon

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From grain to cellulosic ethanol: History, economics and policy, Barry Solomon, Justin R. Barnes, and Kathleen E. Halvorsen

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Hawai’i’s industrialized ecology: The power of corporate sugar, Carol MacLennan

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Introduction, Barry Solomon and Nicholas H. Johnson

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Plantation payday: A research note, Carol MacLennan

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Regional economic impacts of cellulosic ethanol development in the North Central states, Barry Solomon

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Renewable energy from forest resources in the United States, Barry Solomon and Valerie A. Luzadis

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The Automotive Transportation System: Cars and Highways in Twentieth-Century America, Bruce E. Seely

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Wood-to-Wheels: A Multidisciplinary Research Initiative in Sustainable Transportation Utilizing Fuels and Co-Products from Forest Resources, David R. Shonnard, Jill Jensen, Jeffrey Naber, Qiong Zhang, Ann Maclean, Kathleen Halvorsen, Timothy L. Jenkins, Christopher Polonowski, and John W. Sutherland

Submissions from 2007

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Analysis of historic latter-day saint pottery glazes by laser ablation—Inductively coupled plasma—Mass spectrometry, Timothy Scarlett, Nicole C. Little, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, and Christopher W. Merritt

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Grain and cellulosic ethanol: History, economics, and energy policy, Barry Solomon, Justin R. Barnes, and Kathleen Halvorsen

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How mining, ranching, and the state changed the landscape of southwestern New Mexico, 1850-2005, Carol MacLennan

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Kilauea sugar plantation in 1912: A snapshot, Carol MacLennan

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Pottery in the Mormon economy: An historical, archaeological, and archaeometric study, Timothy Scarlett, Robert J. Speakman, and Michael D. Glascock

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Teaching the archaeology of the African diaspora and its consequences: Thoughts about entangling education, Timothy Scarlett

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Wai: Indigenous water, industrial water in Hawai`i, Carol MacLennan

Works from 2006

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A Review of: “Jon T. Coleman. Vicious: Wolves and Men in America”, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Bricks and an evolving industrial landscape: The West Point foundry and New York's hudson river valley, Timothy Scarlett, Jeremy Rahn, and Daniel Scott

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Can the great lakes of north america survive globalization?, Mary Durfee and Mirit Shamir

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Critical Next Steps in Research on Public Meetings and Environmental Decision Making, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Globalizing flowscapes and the historical archaeology of the Mormon domain, Timothy Scarlett

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Onsite sewage system regulation along the Great Lakes and the US EPA "Homeowner Awareness" model, Kathleen Halvorsen and Hugh Gorman

Works from 2005

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A fuzzy logic-based algorithm for cosmic-ray hit rejection from single images, L. Shamir

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Corruption in corporate America: Enron--before and after, Carol MacLennan

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Industrial heritage of copper mining in New Mexico, Carol MacLennan

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Invasive industries: An eco-industrial history of 19th vcntury Hawai’i, Carol MacLennan

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Monitoring the environment: Taking a historical perspective, Hugh Gorman and Erik M. Conway

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Mortice or Tenon: Medieval woodworking in craft treatises, Steven A. Walton

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Research on the effects of coursework in the arts and sciences and in the foundations of education, Robert E. Floden and Marco Meniketti

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The ecological and consumption themes of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, Kozo Mayumi, Barry Solomon, and Jason Chang

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Transforming space over time: A Leopoldian look at the impact of mining and ranching on southwestern New Mexico, 1700-2000, Carol MacLennan and Christa Walck

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Water and the law in Hawaii. By L. Miike, Carol MacLennan

Works from 2004

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The Florida manatee and eco-tourism: toward a safe minimum standard, Barry Solomon, Cristi M. Corey-Luse, and Kathleen Halvorsen

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The mark of sugar. Hawai'i's eco-industrial heritage, Carol MacLennan

Works from 2003

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Wetland Mitigation Compliance in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Melissa M. Hornyak and Kathleen Halvorsen

Submissions from 2002

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Considering the ideas of technology transfer, with special reference to medieval artchitecture, Steven A. Walton

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The gunner in Tudor literature, Steven A. Walton

Works from 2001

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Assessing public participation techniques for comfort, convenience, satisfaction, and deliberation, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Communities and warfare, 700-1400 by Nicholas Brooks, Steven A. Walton

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Environmental management codes and continuous environmental improvements: Insights from the chemical industry, Barry Solomon and James R. Mihelcic

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Reviewed Work: Don't Breathe the Air: Air Pollution and U.S. Environmental Politics, 1945-1970, Kathleen Halvorsen

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Review: Sugar water: Hawaii's plantation ditches by Carol Wilcox, Carol MacLennan

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The interesting part of new military technology: Fireworks ingredients and recipes, Steven A. Walton

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Thomas Harriot: An Elizabethan man of science. Robert Fox, Steven A. Walton

Submissions from 2000

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An unnoticed praise of Harriot's contribution to mathematics, Steven A. Walton

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The mathematical and military sciences in Renaissance England, Steven A. Walton

Works from 1999

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Reviewed Work: Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service, Kathleen Halvorsen

Works from 1998

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Impending recovery of Kirtland's warbler: Case study in the effectiveness of the endangered species act, Barry Solomon

Submissions from 1997

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Hawaii turns to sugar: The rise of plantation centers, 1860-80, Carol MacLennan

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Interpreting Urban Food Supply and Distribution Systems from Faunal Assemblages: An Example from Colonial Massachusetts, David B. Landon

Submissions from 1995

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Foundations of sugar's power: Early Maui plantations, 1840-1860, Carol MacLennan

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Working in industrial agriculture, Carol MacLennan

Submissions from 1994

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Pudding pans and broilers, bread pans and pie : Redware, consumption, and economy in eighteenth century New England, Timothy Scarlett

Submissions from 1993

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Democratic participation: A view from anthropology, Carol MacLennan

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Striving for Balance: A Hundred Years of the American Society for Engineering Education, Terry S. Reynolds and Bruce E. Seely

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Testing a seasonal slaughter model for colonial new england using tooth cementum increment analysis, David B. Landon

Works from 1992

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Plains Boomers and the Creation of the Great American Desert Myth, Bradley H. Baltensperger

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Taphonomic evidence for site formation processes at fort Christanna, David B. Landon

Submissions from 1988

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From accident to crash: The auto industry and the politics of injury, Carol MacLennan