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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... Landscape changes — United States — History. 4. United States—Environmental conditions. Series: The Columbia guides to American history and cultures. GF501 .M47 2002 304.221 2001– 056192 Casebound editions of Columbia University Press ...
... Landscape Perception 348 9. The Environmental Movement 352 10. The History of Ecology 355 11. The History of Environmental Science 356 12. Conservation History and Legislation 358 13. Agricultural History 364 14. Forest History 371 15 ...
... landscapes and ways to perpetuate life from the land. Many cultures developed these early ideas into elaborate oral and ... landscape. Environmental history comprises a set of approaches to doing history that brings nature into the story ...
... landscape changes is another major topic for environmental historians. Environmental historians ask the following kinds of questions: • How did American Indians use, manage, and conserve the land? • What ideas, animals, plants, diseases ...
... landscape that has evolved over millions of years and exists today only in isolated remnants. Debates such as these have great practical consequences. How wilderness is defined lies at the core of development policies. If it is an ...
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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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