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David Igler

Researcher at University of California, Irvine

Publications -  24
Citations -  171

David Igler is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: World history & Gold rush. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 23 publications receiving 164 citations. Previous affiliations of David Igler include Duke University.

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The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush

David Igler
TL;DR: In this article, Ocean Worlds 1. "Ocean of Business": The Cultures and Geographies of Pacific Commerce 2. Disease, Sex, and Indigenous Depopulation 3. Cultures in Contact: Taking Captives and Hostages 4. Chapter Four: The Great Hunt: Furs, Skins, and Blubber 5. Ch. 5: Naturalists in the 'Great Wide Open' 6.
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The Industrial Far West: Region and Nation in the Late Nineteenth Century

TL;DR: Matthews worked the next two years laying pipe for the Hollister Water Company and earned $18.70 from "the Water Co." that month as discussed by the authors, but was laid off after thirty-eight days and died six months later from a work-related accident.
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Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West, 1850-1920

TL;DR: Igler as mentioned in this paper examines how Henry Miller and Charles Lux, two German immigrants, consolidated the West's most extensive land and water rights, swayed legislatures and courts, monopolized western beef markets, and imposed their corporate will on California's natural environment.
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What’s Next for Environmental History?

TL;DR: For example, this article asked twenty-nine scholars to write short essays about future directions for environmental history, and asked the graphics editor, Kathy Morse, to pick ten images that suggest important subjects that environmental historians might explore.