American Environmental History: An IntroductionColumbia University Press, 2007 - 480 halaman By studying the many ways diverse peoples have changed, shaped, and conserved the natural world over time, environmental historians provide insight into humanity's unique relationship with nature and, more importantly, are better able to understand the origins of our current environmental crisis. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with our twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, American Environmental History addresses contentious issues such as the preservation of the wilderness, the expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers the formative forces of gender, race, and class. Entries address a range of topics, from the impact of rice cultivation, slavery, and the growth of the automobile suburb to the effects of the Russian sea otter trade, Columbia River salmon fisheries, the environmental justice movement, and globalization. This illustrated reference is an essential companion for students interested in the ongoing transformation of the American landscape and the conflicts over its resources and conservation. It makes rich use of the tools and resources (climatic and geological data, court records, archaeological digs, and the writings of naturalists) that environmental historians rely on to conduct their research. The volume also includes a compendium of significant people, concepts, events, agencies, and legislation, and an extensive bibliography of critical films, books, and Web sites. |
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The New England Wilderness Transformed 16001850 | 24 |
Nature and the Market Economy 17501850 | 62 |
The Settlement of the Pacific Coast and | 85 |
American Environmental History A to ZAgencies Concepts Laws and People | 211 |
ChronologyAn Environmental History Timeline | 267 |
Resource Guide | 289 |
Films and Videos | 291 |
Electronic Resources | 315 |
African Americans and the Environment | 353 |
American Indian Land Use | 356 |
American Indian Religion | 364 |
Asian Americans and the Environment | 368 |
Environmental Philosophy and Landscape Perception | 370 |
The Environmental Movement | 378 |
The History of Ecology | 382 |
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Environmental History Societies and Related Associations | 316 |
Archival Materials | 317 |
Biographical Resources | 318 |
Environmental Organizations and Information Centers | 319 |
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics | 320 |
Natural History | 321 |
Regional Resources | 322 |
Teaching Resources | 323 |
Course Syllabi in American Environmental History | 324 |
Historical Overview Web Sites | 325 |
Bibliographical Essay | 331 |
Bibliography | 343 |
Anthologies and Bibliographies | 345 |
Biographies and Autobiographical Writings | 347 |
Conservation History and Legislation | 386 |
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Mining History | 415 |
Pollution | 419 |
Range History | 423 |
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