Titles
- American Environmental History
- The Columbia Guides To American History And Cultures
Attribution
Carolyn MerchantPublication Details
BookColumbia University Press2002Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) GF501 .M47 2002 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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“Merchant has been one of the most important scholars building the field of environmental history. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- Pt. I. Historical Overview: Topics and Themes
- Ch. 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875
- Ch. 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850
- Ch. 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600- 1900
- Ch. 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850
- Ch. 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820-1930
- Ch. 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960
- Ch. 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785- 1950
- Ch. 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990
- Ch. 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990
- Ch. 10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000
- Pt. II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People
- Pt. III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline
- Pt. IV. Resource Guide
ISBN
- 0231112327
- 9780231112321
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