Sarah S. Elkind

Professor at History, University of Kansas0 Followers

Creating value through insights into environmental and urban history, Sarah S. Elkind serves as a professor of history at San Diego State University. With a strong academic foundation from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, she delves into the intricate relationships between human societies and their environments. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental history and urban history, exploring how cities have evolved in response to ecological challenges and opportunities. Through her work, she aims to illuminate the historical contexts that shape contemporary urban and environmental issues, fostering a deeper understanding of the past to inform future decisions.

Research Interests

Environmental history urban history human-environment interactions historical ecology

Publications

1 - Environmental Inequality and the Urbanization of West Coast Watersheds,Pacific Historical Review

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 53-61, 2006-02-01

2 - Extracting property values and oil: Los Angeles’ petroleum booms and the definition of urban space in the twentieth century,Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 91-113, 2016-05-01

3 - California History as American History,California History

, 57-58, 2009-01-01

4 - World War II and the Urban Environment,Nature at War

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 252-272, 2020-03-31

5 - Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive but Eventually Triumphant History of Boston Harbor--A Unique Environmental Success Story (review),Technology and Culture

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, 223-224, 2006-01-01

6 - Ties that Bind: Economic and Political Dilemmas of Urban Utility Networks, 1800-1990 (review),Technology and Culture

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, 612-614, 2002-07-01

7 - Los Angeles, the Energy Capital of Southern California,Energy Capitals

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, 77-90, 2017-09-07

8 - Industry and Water Distribution in California: The East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1920–1930,Environmental History Review

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 63-88, 1994-12-01

9 - Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City. By William Buzbee . Ithaca : Cornell University Press , 2014 . 312 pp. Illustrations, map, chronology, notes, and index. Paper $24.95.,Environmental History

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, 149-151, 2016-01-01

10 - Teaching as Scholarship; or, Looking at the Global History of Energy Transitions in a Classroom in San Diego,Environmental History

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, 5-28, 2024-01-01

11 - View from the Dump: Stige Ø and the Question of Anti-Landscapes,The Anti-Landscape

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 199-208, 2014-01-01

12 - Conclusion Small Government and Big Business in the Mid-Twentieth Century,How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 178-184, 2011-08-15

13 - Flood Control and Political Exclusion at Whittier Narrows, 1938–1948,How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy

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, 83-116, 2011-08-15

14 - How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy,

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, 2011-08-15

15 - Matthew Morse Booker. Down by the Bay: San Francisco's History between the Tides.,The American Historical Review

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, 888-889, 2014-06-01

16 - Environmental Politics: Domestic and Global Dimensions. 2d ed. By Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer and Gary Bryner. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. xii + 323 pp. Bibliography, references, index. $39.95,Environmental History

Sarah S. Elkind ,

, 547-548, 1998-10-01

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