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Informationen zum Autor Douglas Cazaux Sackman is Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. His publications include Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America (2010) and Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden (2005), winner of the 2006 Martin Ridge Award. His next book, Pacific Passages , will explore transpacific exchanges of culture and nature, focusing on the traffic in otters, whales, and trees. Klappentext A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history, and not only presents a state-of-the-field as it stands, but also expands the current scholarship. With contributions from the founders of this unique branch of history, and the work of innovative young scholars, this Companion presents a bold vision for the future of environmental history, as well as a critical appreciation of its growth and development. The essays in this volume are presented in five parts, covering a diverse set of topics that range from American Indian environmental relations, oceans, and food, to borders, culture, and identity. Combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends, the Companion pushes the existing boundaries of the field and encourages new directions of study. Zusammenfassung A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history by combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Introduction xiii Part I The Elements of Environmental History 1 1 Paths Toward Home: Landmarks of the Field in Environmental History 3 Louis S. Warren 2 Air 33 Nancy Langston 3 The Living Earth: History, Darwinian Evolution, and the Grasslands 51 Donald Worster 4 Fire 69 Stephen J. Pyne 5 Water 92 Rebecca Solnit Part II Nature and the Construction of Society and Identity 97 6 Race and US Environmental History 99 Colin Fisher 7 Gender 116 Susan R. Schrepfer and Douglas Cazaux Sackman 8 Class 146 Chad Montrie 9 Body Counts: Tracking the Human Body Through Environmental History 163 Neil M. Maher Part III The Nature of American Culture 181 10 From Wilderness to Hybrid Landscapes: The Cultural Turn in Environmental History 183 Richard White 11 American Indian Environmental Relations 191 David Rich Lewis 12 Cultures of Nature: To ca. 1810 214 Matthew Dennis 13 Cultures of Nature: Nineteenth Century 246 Aaron Sachs 14 Cultures of Nature: Twentieth Century 266 Finis Dunaway 15 From Wilderness Prophets to Tool Freaks: Post-World War II Environmentalism 285 Andrew Kirk 16 The Black Box in the Garden: Consumers and the Environment 304 Tom McCarthy Part IV Contact Zones: Americans Conjoining the Natural World 325 17 Flora 327 Frieda Knobloch 18 Fauna: A Prospectus for Evolutionary History 345 Edmund Russell 19 Water Development: The Plot Thickens 375 Patty Limerick 20 Rich Crevices of Inquiry: Mining and Environmental History 394 Katherine G. Morrissey 21 Who Cares About Forests? How Forest History Matters 410 Ellen Stroud 22 Cultivating an Agro-Environmental History 425 Sara M. Gregg 23 Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History 442 Helen M. Rozwadowsk...
