This book faces the challenges and possibilities of conducting cultural and environmental history research today. Disciplinary commitments certainly influence the questions scholars ask and
the ways they seek out answers, but some methodological challenges go beyond the boundaries of any one discipline. The book examines: how to account for the fact that humans are not
the only actors in history yet dominate archival records; how to attend to the non-visual senses when traditional sources offer only a two-dimensional, non-sensory version of the past; and
how effectively to use sources and means of communication made available in the digital age.