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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... Settlement of the Southwest 9 Micmac Indians and French Settlement in the Northeast 11 Plains Indians and the Westward Movement 14 The European Transformation of the Plains 18 The Ecological Indian 20 Conclusion 21 Chapter 2. The New ...
... 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 Multicultural Character of the Gold Rush 82 Types of Gold ...
... 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 hence risk simplifying complex ...
... settlement can be illustrated by cases from the Southwest where horticulture predominated; the hunting cultures of the Northeast; and the buffalo cultures of the Great Plains. In each case the process of transformation varied, but ...
... Settlement. of. the. Southwest. Into the Pueblo culture, which had evolved slowly over time to a very complex level, the Spaniards were suddenly injected. Their presence in the New World began in 1492 with the first of four voyages by ...
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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 |