The Columbia guide to American environmental history /

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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 envir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Merchant, Carolyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Colección:Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
Temas:
Human ecology > United States > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History.
Landscape changes > United States > History.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Paysages > Modifications > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SCIENCE > History.
Ecology.
Human ecology.
Landscape changes.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Milieu.
United States > Environmental conditions.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Naslagwerken (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 448 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-421) and index.
ISBN:0231505841
9780231505840

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