Losing Eden : an environmental history of the American West /

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"Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. In Losing Eden award-winning historian Sara Dant debunks the myth of the American West as "Eden" and instead embraces a mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dant, Sara, 1967- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Udall, Tom S. (author of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Environment and region in the American West
Temas:
Human ecology > United States > History.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
NATURE / Natural Resources.
Human ecology
Ecology
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions > History.
West United States
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Nature of the West
  • Chapter 1: Losing "Eden"
  • Chapter 2: The West Transformed
  • Chapter 3: Claiming and Taming the Land
  • Chapter 4: The Great Barbecue
  • Chapter 5: The Pivotal Decade
  • Chapter 6: Conservation and Preservation
  • Chapter 7: Roll On
  • Chapter 8: Booming the West
  • Chapter 9: Building Consensus
  • Chapter 10: Environmental Backlash and the New West
  • Chapter 11: The Last Frontier.

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