The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History / / Carolyn Merchant.
How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the only major reference work to explore all the major themes and debates of the burgeoning field of envir...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Historical Overview:Topics and Themes
- 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875
- 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850
- 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900
- 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850
- 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820 -1930
- 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960
- 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950
- 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990
- 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990
- 10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000
- Part II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People
- Part III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline
- Part IV. Resource Guide
- Visual Resources: Films and Videos
- Electronic Resources
- Bibliographical Essay
- Bibliography
- Index