Environmental Studies Archives - Leiden University Press

Mass Mortality, Military Movement, and the Forces of Nature in the Napoleonic Wars

L Moore — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:54:37 +0000

This book examines the environmental history of the Napoleonic Wars through the lens of everyday military mobility, demonstrating that warfare created distinctive “militarized landscapes” along the roads traversed by armies on the march.

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Religion and Ecological Crisis

L Moore — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:51:30 +0000

With case studies from India, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, this book highlights the ways in which religious and spiritual institutions serve as repositories of alternative ways of knowing and acting.

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Rethinking Environmental Governance

Leiden University Press — Tue, 20 May 2025 08:56:31 +0000

This book brings to light the pluralistic views, diverse forces, and multiple realities (re)shaping formal and informal decision-making structures, processes, and power interplay in environmental governance.

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