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Informationen zum Autor Debra A. Reid, PhD, is curator of agriculture and the environment at The Henry Ford. She saw the landscape through new eyes after earning minor in Historical Geography at Southeast Missouri State University, studying with Michael Roark. She completed a minor field in Geography, studying with Peter Hugill, and her PhD in History at Texas A&M University. She taught in the Department of History at Eastern Illinois University from 1999 through 2016 before joining The Henry Ford.David D. Vail, PhD, has training in environmental history, agricultural history, and science and technology, earning a PhD at Kansas State University. He is assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. His book, Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America's Grasslands since 1945 (University of Alabama Press, 2018) is part of the NEXUS Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, the Environment, Agriculture, and Medicine). He is book review editor for The Public Historian (National Council on Public History), and a member of the editorial committee for Agricultural History. Klappentext Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites is for anyone wants to become a better steward of the environment and share lessons learned with others. The book provides a primer on "major problems" in researching about the environment and re-focuses thinking about the environment to thinking from the perspective of place and time. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsForeword by John C.F. LuzaderPrefaceAcknowledgments Part 1: A Primer on the Environment, Cultural Heritage, and History InterpretationChapter 1: Exploring Environmental HistoryChapter 2: Thinking Historically about the EnvironmentChapter 3: Constructing Stories about Humans and the Environment Part 2: Telling Stories about Humans and Their Environments: Topics and Practice Chapter 4: Creating Working Environments Chapter 5: Getting Water Chapter 6: Generating and Harnessing PowerChapter 7: Growing FoodChapter 8: Traveling and TradingChapter 9: Building ThingsChapter 10: Preserving and Conserving Natural Landscapes Conclusion Bibliographic EssayTimeline of Environmental Ideas, Policies, and LegislationAbout the Authors...
