On Oct 15 join the Rural History Roundtable from 330-5pm (ET) as Doug McCalla presents "Not a Simpler Time: Rural Families and Making a Canadian Economy, 1700-1870," which draws from his new collection of essays.

All are welcome! For more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...

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Now that we are fully in the school year, it might be time for you to read a new book! Check out this list of (probably) great new titles I have available to review for H-Environment #envhist #envhum #aghist #ecocrit #envphil #energy #envtech #conservation #climate
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Check out Madelyn Powers's review of Karen M. Morin's "Cattle Trails and Animal Lives: The Founding of an American Carceral Archipelago," published by @ugapress.bsky.social in 2025; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #aghist #animalhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Today we have "Canadian Sugar Was Built on Violence" by @donicabelisle.bsky.social

Canadian sugar company Rogers Sugar (formerly B.C. Sugar) profited from violent, exploitation-based plantation labor.

niche-canada.org/2026/09/21/c...

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Check out Nathan Cornish's review of Vin Nardizzi's "Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance," published in 2025 by @uoftpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #aghist #foodhist
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The @uguelphhist.bsky.social has announced the Fall 2027 slate of Rural History Roundtable speakers!

More information on our website!

niche-canada.org/2026/09/13/r...

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Check out Peter McPhee's review of "Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism," edited by Andrew Eschelbacher & Lloyd DeWitt, published in 2024 by @yalepress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #aghist
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Rural History Roundtable is out of the gates early, announcing its Fall 2026 line-up:

Sept 22: Cody Groat & Rebecca Small of @westernuhistory.bsky.social;
Oct 15: Doug McCalla of @uguelphhist.bsky.social; and
Nov 12: Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social

All are welcome!

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