Additional readings may be found in the bibliographies of many of these books. Dissertations, articles, and special issues of journals are not listed. What follows is an expanded and updated version of the Bibliographical Note written for the first edition of the Handbook . For ease of reading, titles are rendered in bold. Lester Brown and the Worldwatch Institute offer yearly updates in their State of the World reports, as does the World Resources Institute in its World Resources report.
Many texts examine the growing field of environmental history.
Studies of environmental theology abound. American Nature Writing Anthologies of American nature writing are numerous. John A. Murray also edits an annual collection, American Nature Writing , published by Sierra Club Books. Many fine studies of selected nature writers have recently been published. See also ASLE's Collection of Syllabi in Literature and Environment .