Environmental history and the challenges of interdisciplinarity: An antipodean perspective

Environment and History

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-75

  Pawson, Eric ^a   Dovers, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinarity; Intersections; Issues; Narratives; Problems

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH;

EID: 0037299755     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734003129342773     Document Type: Article

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