Books by Shawn William (Brigham Young University Miller

Using an environmental approach, this book offers a compelling history of the impact of automobiles on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. It demonstrates how the streets as a common space have changed from a place of celebration, play, and piety into a place prioritized for automative movement.

A narration of the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period beginning with Amerindian civilizations and concluding with the region's present urban agglomerations, the work argues that tropical nature played a central role in shaping the region's historical development.