The Big Muddy - An Environmental History of Mississippi Its Peoples, from Hernando

Zusatztext Christopher Morris has molded a thoroughly researched, smartly organized, and thoughtfully argued book. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Morris is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. Klappentext In the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to present-day industrial and post-industrial society. Zusammenfassung In the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to present-day industrial and post-industrial society.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Morris, Christopher (Associate Professor of History Morris
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9780195316919
• ISBN: 978-0-19-531691-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > History; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), NATURE / Natural Disasters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, History: earliest times to present day, Social and cultural history, Conservation of the environment, General and world history, History of the Americas, Natural disasters, Limnology (inland waters), Environmentalist thought and ideology, Limnology (Freshwater)