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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... River School of Painters 72 Artists and the Vanishing 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 ...
... River the elevation again rises gradually upward to about 4,000 feet, where the high plains approach the Rocky ... river systems, while aquifers now supply water to the Great Plains, creating possibilities for irrigated agriculture in ...
... river systems. Indians could grow crops and store them throughout the year, so as to have a continual supply of food. An environmental consequence of irrigated agriculture, however, is that water from the rivers leaches out salts ...
... River in New Mexico to avenge the death of the Franciscan friars. The subsequent bloodshed was the beginning of a long series of problematic occupations by Spanish settlers. The first colonization of the area was by Don Juan de Oñate ...
... River Malecite, and the Micmac of southeastern Canada, all of whom shared a common culture. The Micmac lived in the area known as the Gaspé peninsula, south of Newfoundland, Labrador, and the St. Lawrence River. Micmac hunting, like ...
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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 |
Index | 423 |