American Environmental History

Informationen zum Autor Louis S. Warren is Associate Professor of History and W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western US History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Hunter's Game: Poachers and Conservationists in Twentieth-Century America (1999). Klappentext This compilation of seminal essays introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the environmental history in the United States. With primary documents that illustrate the conditions, perception, and influences of environmental issues from the pre-Columbian era to the present, the book invites students to analyze not only the connections between people and nature, but popular ideas of the environment in American history. Subjects include the changing American landscape, virgin soil epidemics and biological invasions, the impact of colonialism and industrial development, conservation, and the environmental movement and the backlash against it. An editorial introduction and headnotes for each chapter add scholarly value to the readings and documents. Students and instructors of American environmental history will find this an ideal collection for their courses and research. Zusammenfassung This compilation of seminal essays and primary documents introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States. Subjects include the changing American landscape! soil epidemics! waste disposal! industrial development! conservation! and the environmental movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis 7334604

Product details

• Authors: Warren, Lenoard Ed Warren, Lenoard Ed. Warren, Louis S. Warren, WARREN LOUIS S
• Assisted by: Louis S Warren (Editor), Louis S. Warren (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2002
• EAN: 9780631228639
• ISBN: 978-0-631-22863-9
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Blackwell Readers in American; Wiley Blackwell Readers in Ame
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics