George R. Trumbull IV

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George R. Trumbull IV received his AB from Princeton and his PhD from Yale University and has taught at Yale, Tulane, NYU, and Dartmouth. In addition to his scholarly work, he has provided media commentary for various outlets on four continents.

George R. Trumbull IV's Dartmouth History Faculty Webpage

Selected Works

Nonfiction; work in progress

A Colonial Atlas of Extinction
The extinction of the Atlas Bear, Barbary Lion, and Bubal Hartebeest may have deprived North Africa of its charismatic megafauna, but their disappearance also tells a story of changes in how humans see their natural world.

Land of Thirst, Land of Fear: A History of Water in the Sahara from Empire to Oil
“If you knew the secrets of the desert, you would think like me; but you are ignorant of them, and ignorance is the mother of evil.”--Emir `Abd al-Qadir

Nonfiction

An Empire of Facts: Colonial Power, Cultural Knowledge, and Islam in Algeria, 1870-1914
A fascinating account of French conceptions of Islam in France's largest and most important colony

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