The Columbia Guide to American Environmental HistoryColumbia University Press, 14 Sep 2005 - 400 halaman How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the only major reference work to explore all the major themes and debates of the burgeoning field of environmental history. Humanity ́s relationship with the natural world is one of the oldest and newest topics in human history. The issue emerged as a distinct field of scholarship in the early 1970s and has been growing steadily ever since. The discipline ́s territory and sources are rich and varied and include climactic and geological data, court records, archaeological digs, and the writings of naturalists, as well as federal and state economic and resource development and conservation policy. Environmental historians investigate how and why natural and human-created surroundings affect a society ́s development. Merchant provides a context-setting overview of American environmental history from the beginning of the millennium; an encyclopedia of important concepts, people, agencies, and laws; a chronology of major events; and an extensive bibliography including films, videos, CD-Roms, and websites. This concise "first stop" reference for students and general readers contains an accessible overview of environmental history; a mini-encyclopedia of ideas, people, legislation, and agencies; a chronology of events and their significance; and a bibliography of books, magazines, and journals as well as films, videos, CD-ROMs, and online resources. In addition to providing a wealth of factual information, The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History explores contentious issues in this much-debated field, from the idea of wilderness to global warming. |
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... American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000–1875 3 The Physical Environment and Natural Resources 3 Native Americans and the Land 4 Pueblo Indians and the Southwest 6 The Pueblo Indians and Spanish Settlement of the ...
... Indian 76 Conclusion 77 Chapter 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820–1930 80 Westward Expansion and the Settlement of California 80 California Native Peoples and the Advent of Europeans 81 The ...
... America and other temperate regions of the world, they introduced diseases ... native peoples. While some of the introductions, such as the horse, gave ... Indian lifeways. A second way to think about environmental history is in terms of ...
... Native Americans or Europeans, the stories of various fields of science as they progress over time, or morality stories that tell us how to behave in the world. Environmental historians often contrast their histories with histories of ...
... Native American lifeways to European settlement, the formation of the nation and industrialization, to the conservation and environmental movements of the present day. The dates associated with each section are somewhat arbitrary, and ...
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2 The New England Wilderness Transformed 16001850 | 24 |
3 The Tobacco and Cotton South 16001900 | 39 |
4 Nature and the Market Economy 17501850 | 59 |
The Settlement of California and the Great Plaines 18201930 | 80 |
6 Urban Environments 18501960 | 100 |
7 Conservation and Preservation 17851950 | 120 |
8 Indian Land Policy 18001990 | 140 |
AGENCIES CONCEPTS LAWS AND PEOPLE | 191 |
AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY TIMELINE | 249 |
Part IV RESOURCE GUIDE | 269 |
Films and Videos | 271 |
Electronic Resources | 291 |
Bibliographical Essay | 311 |
Bibliography | 323 |
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