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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... Pollution 107 Garbage 109 Noise Pollution 111 Water Pollution 112 The Sanitary City 113 From City to Suburb 115 Minorities and Pollution 116 Conclusion 118 Chapter 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785–1950 120 Colonial Land Policy 120 ...
... Pollution 390 17. Range History 392 18. Water and Irrigation History 395 19. Wilderness Preservation 404 20. Wildlife 410 21. The Urban Environment 417 Index 423 Acknowledgments Writing the Columbia Guide to American Environmental ...
... pollution, disease, hazardous wastes, noise, etc.) • What were the sources of opposition to development? (E.g., the wilderness preservation, resource conservation, and environmental movements.) • What were some of the ideas driving ...
... pollution and depletion. Yet all environmental history does not necessarily view history as a decline from a pristine environment that was irrevocably and negatively transformed when humans entered it. Environmental historians write ...
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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 |