Biography in environmental history: consolidating the cultural turn

Abstract

Recent literature promotes the idea that environmental history could consolidate its “cultural turn” (White 2004) by focusing on individuals who were significant in human-environment interactions. An approach based on Margadant’s notion of biography is suggested, and recent papers in environmental history using a biographical approach are noted.

Keywords

• Meio Ambiente
• Biografia
• História
• Cultura
• Método