Peter Alagona

UC Santa Barbara

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Peter Alagona is an associate professor of history, geography, and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an environmental historian and historian of science with additional interests and training in cultural geography, conservation biology, and science and technology studies.

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