The Destruction of the Bison An Environmental History, 1750-1920 - 2nd Edition

A concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

Info autore

Andrew C. Isenberg is the Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. An environmental historian specializing in the North American West, he is the co-author of The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump (2018) and the author of Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life (2013) and Mining California: An Ecological History (2005).

Riassunto

The Destruction of the Bison offers a concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison. This twentieth-anniversary edition includes a foreword that connects the book to developments in the field over the last two decades and an afterword that brings the story of the bison up to the present.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew C. Isenberg, Andrew C Isenberg, Andrew C. (University of Kansas) Isenberg, ANDREW C. ISENBERG, Isenberg Andrew C.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• Categoria: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)
• EAN: 9781108816724
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81672-4
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Serie: Studies in Environment and History; Studies in Environment and His
• Categorie: USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Endangered species & extinction of species, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Endangered species and extinction of species, C 1700 To C 1800