Prof Georgina Endfield BSc MSc PhD
APVC Research and Impact (Humanities and Social Sciences); Professor of Environmental History Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Work email Georgina.Endfield@liverpool.ac.uk
Publications
Selected Publications
- Seasonal rainfall variability in southeast Africa during the nineteenth century reconstructed from documentary sources (Journal article - 2016)
- Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK (Journal article - 2016)
- Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (vol 7, pg 164, 2016) (Journal article - 2016)
- "Snow Scenes'': Exploring the Role of Memory and Place in Commemorating Extreme Winters (Journal article - 2016)
- Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work (Journal article - 2015)
2018
Climate and colonialism (Journal article)
Mahony, M., & Endfield, G. (2018). Climate and colonialism. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 9(2). doi:10.1002/wcc.510
Drought and Disaster in a Revolutionary Age: Colonial Antigua during the American Independence War (Journal article)
Berland, A. J., & Endfield, G. (2018). Drought and Disaster in a Revolutionary Age: Colonial Antigua during the American Independence War. ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY, 24(2), 209-235. doi:10.3197/096734018X15137949591918
Rainfall variability over Malawi during the late 19th century (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., Pribyl, K., Endfield, G. H., Klein, J., & Adamson, G. C. D. (2018). Rainfall variability over Malawi during the late 19th century. International Journal of Climatology, 38, e629-e642. doi:10.1002/joc.5396
The ‘Great Snow’ of winter 1614/1615 in England (Journal article)
Veale, L., Endfield, G., & Bowen, J. (2018). The 'Great Snow' of winter 1614/1615 in England. WEATHER, 73(1), 3-+. doi:10.1002/wea.3198
2017
Climate, culture and weather (Chapter)
Endfield, G. H., & Veale, L. (2017). Climate, culture and weather. In Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather: A Historical Geography Perspective (pp. 1-15). doi:10.4324/9781315461458
Contested subterranean waterscapes: Lead mining sough disputes in Derbyshire's Derwent Valley (Chapter)
Endfield, G., & van Lieshout, C. (2017). Contested subterranean waterscapes: Lead mining sough disputes in Derbyshire's Derwent Valley. In Waterways and the Cultural Landscape (pp. 86-103). doi:10.4324/9781315398464
Cultural histories, memories and extreme weather: A historical geography perspective (Book)
Endfield, G. H., & Veale, L. (2017). Cultural histories, memories and extreme weather: A historical geography perspective. doi:10.4324/9781315461458
Dealing with the deluge of historical weather data: the example of the TEMPEST database (Journal article)
Veale, L., Endfield, G., Davies, S., Macdonald, N., Naylor, S., Royer, M. -J., . . . Jones, C. (2017). Dealing with the deluge of historical weather data: the example of the TEMPEST database. Geo: Geography and Environment, 4(2), e00039. doi:10.1002/geo2.39
‘Instead of fetching flowers, the youths brought in flakes of snow’: exploring extreme weather history through English parish registers (Journal article)
Veale, L., Bowen, J. P., & Endfield, G. H. (2017). ‘Instead of fetching flowers, the youths brought in flakes of snow’: exploring extreme weather history through English parish registers. Archives and Records, 38(1), 119-142. doi:10.1080/23257962.2016.1260531
2016
"Snow Scenes'': Exploring the Role of Memory and Place in Commemorating Extreme Winters (Journal article)
Hall, A., & Endfield, G. (2016). "Snow Scenes'': Exploring the Role of Memory and Place in Commemorating Extreme Winters. WEATHER CLIMATE AND SOCIETY, 8(1), 5-19. doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0028.1
Contemporary Homemade Meteorological Science: Co-constructing the Home and Weather-Climate Knowledges in the UK (Chapter)
Morris, C., & Endfield, G. (2016). Contemporary Homemade Meteorological Science: Co-constructing the Home and Weather-Climate Knowledges in the UK. In Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science (pp. 151-171). doi:10.1057/9781137492739_8
Seasonal rainfall variability in southeast Africa during the nineteenth century reconstructed from documentary sources (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., Pribyl, K., Klein, J., Neukom, R., Endfield, G. H., Adamson, G. C. D., & Kniveton, D. R. (2016). Seasonal rainfall variability in southeast Africa during the nineteenth century reconstructed from documentary sources. Climatic Change, 134(4), 605-619. doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1550-8
Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK (Journal article)
Veale, L., & Endfield, G. H. (2016). Situating 1816, the ‘year without summer’, in the UK. The Geographical Journal, 182(4), 318-330. doi:10.1111/geoj.12191
Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (Journal article)
Allan, R., Endfield, G., Damodaran, V., Adamson, G., Hannaford, M., Carroll, F., . . . Bliuc, A. -M. (2016). Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 7(2), 164-174. doi:10.1002/wcc.379
Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (vol 7, pg 164, 2016) (Journal article)
Allan, R., Endfield, G., Damodaran, V., Adamson, G., Hannaford, M., Carroll, F., . . . Bliuc, A. -M. (2016). Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (vol 7, pg 164, 2016). WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 7(4), 614. doi:10.1002/wcc.408
Weather Extremes: Making and Breaking Records in Nottinghamshire (Exhibition)
Endfield, G., & Veale, L. (2016, December 15). Weather Extremes: Making and Breaking Records in Nottinghamshire [Exhibition]. Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham.
2015
Climate and Empire (Chapter)
Endfield, G., & Randalls, S. (2015). Climate and Empire. In J. beattie, E. Mellilo, & E. O'Gorman (Eds.), Eco‐Cultural Networks and the British Empire New Views on Environmental History. (pp. 21-43). London: Bloomsbury.
Climate and cultural heritage: An experiment with the 'Weather Memory Bank' (Chapter)
Endfield, G., & Naylor, S. (2015). Climate and cultural heritage: An experiment with the 'Weather Memory Bank'. In The Future of Heritage as Climates Change: Loss, Adaptation and Creativity (pp. 62-77). doi:10.4324/9781315724164
Contemporary homemade meteorological science: Co-constructing the home and weather–climate knowledges in the UK (Chapter)
Morris, C., & Endfield, G. (2016). Contemporary homemade meteorological science: Co-constructing the home and weather–climate knowledges in the UK. In Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science (pp. 151-171). doi:10.1057/9781137492739
Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., Veale, L., & Hall, A. (2015). Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE, 6(3), 287-299. doi:10.1002/wcc.334
Greetings from the new Editor (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2015). Greetings from the new Editor. The Anthropocene Review, 2(3), 194-195. doi:10.1177/2053019615615080
Tropical cyclone activity over Madagascar during the late nineteenth century (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., Pribyl, K., Klein, J., Endfield, G. H., Kniveton, D. R., & Adamson, G. C. D. (2015). Tropical cyclone activity over Madagascar during the late nineteenth century. International Journal of Climatology, 35(11), 3249-3261. doi:10.1002/joc.4204
2014
Exploring particularity: the importance of vulnerability, resilience and memory in climate change discourses (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2014). Exploring particularity: the importance of vulnerability, resilience and memory in climate change discourses. Environmental History.
Forum: Climate Change and Environmental History (vol 19, pg 281, 2014) (Journal article)
Carey, M., Garone, P., Howkins, A., Endfield, G., Culver, L., Johnson, S., . . . Fleming, J. R. (2014). Forum: Climate Change and Environmental History (vol 19, pg 281, 2014). ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, 19(3), 633. doi:10.1093/envhis/emu060
Knowing weather in place: the Helm Wind of Cross Fell (Journal article)
Veale, L., Endfield, G., & Naylor, S. (2014). Knowing weather in place: the Helm Wind of Cross Fell. JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY, 45, 25-37. doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2014.03.003
Multi-proxy summer and winter precipitation reconstruction for southern Africa over the last 200 years (Journal article)
Neukom, R., Nash, D. J., Endfield, G. H., Grab, S. W., Grove, C. A., Kelso, C., . . . Zinke, J. (2014). Multi-proxy summer and winter precipitation reconstruction for southern Africa over the last 200 years. Climate Dynamics, 42(9-10), 2713-2726. doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1886-6
The Helm Wind of Cross Fell (Journal article)
Veale, L., & Endfield, G. (2014). The Helm Wind of Cross Fell. WEATHER, 69(1), 3-7. doi:10.1002/wea.2165
2013
Documentary-derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770–1890 (Journal article)
Berland, A. J., Metcalfe, S. E., & Endfield, G. H. (2013). Documentary-derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770–1890. Climate of the Past, 9(3), 1331-1343. doi:10.5194/cp-9-1331-2013
Documentary-derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770-1890 (Journal article)
Berland, A. J., Metcalfe, S. E., & Endfield, G. H. (2013). Documentary-derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770–1890. Climate of the Past Discussions, 9(2), 1535-1564. doi:10.5194/cpd-9-1535-2013
Halford Mackinder, the 'geographical pivot', and British perceptions of Central Asia (Chapter)
O'Hara, S., Heffernan, M., & Endfield, G. (2013). Halford Mackinder, the 'geographical pivot', and British perceptions of Central Asia. In Global Geostrategy: Mackinder and the Defence of the West (pp. 90-106). doi:10.4324/9780203327821
Trawling for memories and responses to extreme weather events - Can you help? (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2013). Trawling for memories and responses to extreme weather events - Can you help?. International Journal of Meteorology, 38(382), 253-254.
2012
Critical perspectives on historical collapse. (Journal article)
Butzer, K. W., & Endfield, G. H. (2012). Critical perspectives on historical collapse.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(10), 3628-3631. doi:10.1073/pnas.1114772109
Cultural spaces of climate (Journal article)
Endfield, G., & Morris, C. (2012). Cultural spaces of climate. Climatic Change, 113(1), 1-4. doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0416-6
Exploring contemporary amateur meteorology through an historical lens (Journal article)
Morris, C., & Endfield, G. (2012). Exploring contemporary amateur meteorology through an historical lens. Weather, 67(1), 4-8. doi:10.1002/wea.800
Exploring the role of the amateur in the production and circulation of meteorological knowledge (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Morris, C. (2012). Exploring the role of the amateur in the production and circulation of meteorological knowledge. Climatic Change, 113(1), 69-89. doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0415-7
Historical Environmental Change in the Tropics (Chapter)
Endfield, G. H., & Marks, R. B. (2012). Historical Environmental Change in the Tropics. In Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics (pp. 360-391). doi:10.1002/9781118336311.ch10
Resilience and adaptive capacity in socio-environmental systems: case studies from colonial Mexico. (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Endfield, G. (2012). Resilience and adaptive capacity in socio-environmental systems: case studies from colonial Mexico.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA.
Social-Ecological Approaches to Historical Collapse. (Journal article)
Endfield, G., & Butzer, K. W. (2012). Social-Ecological Approaches to Historical Collapse.. proceedings of thenational academy of sciences of america.
The resilience and adaptive capacity of social-environmental systems in colonial Mexico. (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (2012). The resilience and adaptive capacity of social-environmental systems in colonial Mexico.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(10), 3676-3681. doi:10.1073/pnas.1114831109
Well weather is not a girl thing is it? Gender, the domestic sphere and amateur weather observation (Journal article)
Endfield, G., & Morris, C. (2012). Well weather is not a girl thing is it? Gender, the domestic sphere and amateur weather observation. Social and Cultural Geography.
‘Well weather is not a girl thing is it?’ Contemporary amateur meteorology, gender relations and the shaping of domestic masculinity (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Morris, C. (2012). ‘Well weather is not a girl thing is it?’ Contemporary amateur meteorology, gender relations and the shaping of domestic masculinity. Social & Cultural Geography, 13(3), 233-253. doi:10.1080/14649365.2012.677470
2011
Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability (Book)
Endfield, G. H. (2008). Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability. doi:10.1002/9780470712795
Complexity, causality and collapse: Social discontinuity in history and prehistory (Chapter)
Endfield, G. (2012). Complexity, causality and collapse: Social discontinuity in history and prehistory. In The SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 2 (pp. 355-373). doi:10.4135/9781446253052.n40
Reculturing and particularizing climate discourses: weather, identity, and the work of Gordon Manley. (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2011). Reculturing and particularizing climate discourses: weather, identity, and the work of Gordon Manley.. Osiris, 26, 142-162. doi:10.1086/661269
The mission (Chapter)
Endfield, G. (2011). The mission. In The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge (pp. 202-216). doi:10.4135/9781446201091.n16
2010
Editorial. Ronald Hepburn and the humanising of Environmental Aesthetics. (Journal article)
Brook, I. (2010). Editorial. Ronald Hepburn and the humanising of Environmental Aesthetics.. Environmental Values, 19(3), 265-271. doi:10.3197/096327110X519826
Through marsh and mountain: tropical acclimatization, health and disease and the CMS mission to Uganda, 1875–1920 (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2010). Through marsh and mountain: tropical acclimatization, health and disease and the CMS mission to Uganda, 1875–1920. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 4(1), 61-90. doi:10.1080/17531050903550124
2009
Documenting disaster: archival investigations of climate, crisis and catastrophe in colonial Mexico. (Chapter)
Endfield, G. (2009). Documenting disaster: archival investigations of climate, crisis and catastrophe in colonial Mexico.. In C. Mauch (Ed.), Natural Disasters and cultural responses. Case studies toward a global environmental history. (pp. 305-326). Lexington.
Environmental History (Chapter)
Endfield, G. H. (2009). Environmental History. In A Companion to Environmental Geography (pp. 223-237). doi:10.1002/9781444305722.ch14
Narratives of climate change: introduction (Journal article)
Daniels, S., & Endfield, G. H. (2009). Narratives of climate change: introduction. Journal of Historical Geography, 35(2), 215-222. doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2008.09.005
Reconsidering climate and causality: Case studies from colonial Mexico (Chapter)
Endfield, G. (2009). Reconsidering climate and causality: Case studies from colonial Mexico. In Nature's End: History and the Environment (pp. 304-328). doi:10.1057/9780230245099
‘The gloomy forebodings of this dread disease’, climate, famine and sleeping sickness in East Africa (Journal article)
ENDFIELD, G. H., RYVES, D. B., MILLS, K., & BERRANG-FORD, L. (2009). ‘The gloomy forebodings of this dread disease’, climate, famine and sleeping sickness in East Africa. Geographical Journal, 175(3), 181-195. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00328.x
2008
‘Splendid rains have fallen’: links between El Niño and rainfall variability in the Kalahari, 1840–1900 (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., & Endfield, G. H. (2008). ‘Splendid rains have fallen’: links between El Niño and rainfall variability in the Kalahari, 1840–1900. Climatic Change, 86(3-4), 257-290. doi:10.1007/s10584-007-9274-z
2007
'Seeing great sorrows' (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2007). 'Seeing great sorrows'. Planet Earth, (AUTUMN), 34-35.
?A good site for health?: Missionaries and the pathological geography of central southern Africa (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Nash, D. J. (2007). ?A good site for health?: Missionaries and the pathological geography of central southern Africa. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 28(2), 142-157. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9493.2007.00287.x
Archival explorations of climate variability and social vulnerability in colonial Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (2007). Archival explorations of climate variability and social vulnerability in colonial Mexico. Climatic Change, 83(1-2), 9-38. doi:10.1007/s10584-006-9125-3
Climate and Crisis in Eighteenth Century Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (2006). Climate and Crisis in Eighteenth Century Mexico. The Medieval History Journal, 10(1-2), 99-125. doi:10.1177/097194580701000204
Editorial (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (2007). Editorial. Environment and History, 13(3), 253-254. doi:10.3197/096734007X228264
Editorial (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2007). Editorial. Environment and History, 13(2), 111-113. doi:10.3197/096734007780473483
Editorial (Journal article)
Mosley, S. (2010). Editorial. Environment and History, 16(4), 379-380. doi:10.3197/096734010X531452
Editorial (Journal article)
Endfield, G. (2007). Editorial. Environment and History, 13(1), 1-2. doi:10.3197/096734007779748318
2006
Decades of Drought, Years of Hunger: Archival Investigations of Multiple Year Droughts in Late Colonial Chihuahua (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Tejedo, I. F. (2006). Decades of Drought, Years of Hunger: Archival Investigations of Multiple Year Droughts in Late Colonial Chihuahua. Climatic Change, 75(4), 391-419. doi:10.1007/s10584-006-3492-7
2005
‘Happy is the bride the rain falls on’:1 climate, health and ‘the woman question’ in nineteenth-century missionary documentation (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Nash, D. J. (2005). ‘Happy is the bride the rain falls on’:1 climate, health and ‘the woman question’ in nineteenth-century missionary documentation. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30(3), 368-386. doi:10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00177.x
2004
Conflict and Cooperation: Water, Floods, and Social Response in Colonial Guanajuato, Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., Tejedo, I. F., & O'Hara, S. L. (2004). Conflict and Cooperation: Water, Floods, and Social Response in Colonial Guanajuato, Mexico. Environmental History, 9(2), 221. doi:10.2307/3986085
Drought and disputes, deluge and dearth: climatic variability and human response in colonial Oaxaca, Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., Tejedo, I. F., & O'Hara, S. L. (2004). Drought and disputes, deluge and dearth: climatic variability and human response in colonial Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Historical Geography, 30(2), 249-276. doi:10.1016/S0305-7488(03)00023-9
Environmental changes in the Zirahuén Basin, Michoacán, Mexico, during the last 1000 years (Journal article)
Davies, S., Metcalfe, S., MacKenzie, A., Newton, A., Endfield, G., & Farmer, J. (2004). Environmental changes in the Zirahuén Basin, Michoacán, Mexico, during the last 1000 years. Journal of Paleolimnology, 31(1), 77-98. doi:10.1023/B:JOPL.0000013284.21726.3d
2002
A 19th century climate chronology for the Kalahari region of central southern Africa derived from missionary correspondence (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., & Endfield, G. H. (2002). A 19th century climate chronology for the Kalahari region of central southern Africa derived from missionary correspondence. International Journal of Climatology, 22(7), 821-841. doi:10.1002/joc.753
Drought, desiccation and discourse: missionary correspondence and nineteenth-century climate change in central southern Africa. (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Nash, D. J. (2002). Drought, desiccation and discourse: missionary correspondence and nineteenth-century climate change in central southern Africa.. The Geographical journal, 168(1), 33-47. doi:10.1111/1475-4959.00036
Historical flows in the dry valleys of the Kalahari identified from missionary correspondence (Journal article)
Nash, D. J., & Endfield, G. H. (2002). Historical flows in the dry valleys of the Kalahari identified from missionary correspondence. South African Journal of Science, 98(5-6), 244-248.
Missionaries and Morals: Climatic Discourse in Nineteenth-Century Central Southern Africa (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & Nash, D. J. (2002). Missionaries and Morals: Climatic Discourse in Nineteenth-Century Central Southern Africa. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 92(4), 727-742. doi:10.1111/1467-8306.00313
2001
Pinturas , land and lawsuits: Maps in colonial Mexican legal documents (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (2001). Pinturas , land and lawsuits: Maps in colonial Mexican legal documents. Imago Mundi, 53(1), 7-27. doi:10.1080/03085690108592935
1999
Degradation, Drought, and Dissent: An Environmental History of Colonial Michoacán, West Central Mexico (Journal article)
Enfield, G. H., & O'Hara, S. L. (1999). Degradation, Drought, and Dissent: An Environmental History of Colonial Michoacán, West Central Mexico. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 89(3), 402-419. doi:10.1111/0004-5608.00155
Perception or deception? Land degradation in post-conquest Michoacán, west central México (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & O'Hara, S. L. (1999). Perception or deception? Land degradation in post-conquest Michoacán, west central México. Land Degradation & Development, 10(4), 383-398. doi:3.0.CO;2-7">10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199907/08)10:4<383::AID-LDR359>3.0.CO;2-7
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199907/08)10:4<383::AID-LDR359>3.0.CO;2-7
1998
Lands, Livestock and the Law: Territorial Conflicts in Colonial West Central Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H. (1998). Lands, Livestock and the Law: Territorial Conflicts in Colonial West Central Mexico. Colonial Latin American Review, 7(2), 205-224. doi:10.1080/10609169884909
1997
Conflicts Over Water in 'The Little Drought Age' in Central Mexico (Journal article)
Endfield, G. H., & O'Hara, S. L. (1997). Conflicts Over Water in 'The Little Drought Age' in Central Mexico. Environment and History, 3(3), 255-272. doi:10.3197/096734097779555863
