About Michael Egan Michael Egan is Associate Professor of History at McMaster University and Director of the Sustainable Future History Project. Books by Michael Egan The Contamination of the Earth A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age by (author) Francois Jarrige & Thomas Le Roux translated by Janice Egan & Michael Egan Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival The Remaking of American Environmentalism by (author) Michael Egan