Cities by the Sea: A Tale of Qingdao and Los Angeles

Authors

  • Shen Hou Renmin University of China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-2868

Abstract

In an ocean-conscious version of environmental history, Shen Hou looks across the Pacific and sees not only a route of trade and imperialism but also an unseen bond between the cities of Qingdao and Los Angeles. Tracing the unique history of each city’s founding, she considers what it means to live in a coastal community both now and in the uncertain climate of the future.

Author Biography

  • Shen Hou, Renmin University of China

    Shen Hou is professor of environmental history at Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China, and the deputy director of the Center for Ecological History, Renmin University of China. She was a Carson Fellow in 2011 and 2013. She is the author of The City Natural: Garden and Forest Magazine and the Rise of American Environmentalism (English, 2013), and Cities without Walls: Nature and Urban Places in American History (Chinese, 2021). She is currently working on a book on Boston’s environmental history and a book project about coastal cities.

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Published

13-12-2022

Issue

No. 2 (2022)

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