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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... Transformation of the Plains 18 The Ecological Indian 20 Conclusion 21 Chapter 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600–1850 24 The New England Forest and Indian Land Use 24 The Settlement of New England 25 Colonial Land Use 27 ...
... Transformation of Consciousness 188 Conclusion 190 Part II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People 191 Part III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline 249 Part IV. Resource Guide 269 Visual ...
... Transformed seminar at the National Humanities Center, for their ideas, careful reading, and many suggestions for the historical narrative. I would also like to thank my students and teaching assistants in my course American ...
... transformed nature, and the character of that transformation is a major theme for environmental history. And, as nature changes, people's ideas of what it ought to look like also change. For some a vanishing “wilderness” has positive ...
... transformations in political and economic power. The history of the conservation and preservation movements of the ... transformed when humans entered it. Environmental historians write narratives that are both progressive and ...
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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 |