American environmental history
- ISBN: 9780631228646
- Editorial: Blackwell Publishing
- Fecha de la edición: 2003
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Colección: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 359
- Idiomas: Inglés
This compilation of seminal essays introduces students to scholarship and writing on the subject of environmental history in the United States. With primary documents that illustrate the conditions, perception, and influences of environmental issues from the pre-Columbian era to the present, the book invites students to analyze not only the connections between people and nature, but popular ideas of the environment and American history. Subjects include the changing American landscape, soil epidemics, waste disposal, industrial development, conservation, and the environmental movement. An editorial introduction, headnotes, and suggestions for further reading add scholarly value to the readings and documents. Students and instructors of American environmental history should find this a useful collection for their courses and research.
