The destruction of the bison : an environmental history, 1750-1920 /

"The Destruction of the Bison explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than 1000 a century later. In this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, Andrew C. Isenberg argues that the cultural and ecological encounter between Native A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Isenberg, Andrew C. (Andrew Christian) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Studies in environment and history.
Subjects:
American bison.
American bison hunting > History.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > North America.
Bisons d'Amérique.
Bison d'Amérique > Chasse > Histoire.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > Amérique du Nord.
Bison d'Amérique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
American bison hunting.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Anthropogener Einfluss
Bedrohte Tiere
Bisonjagd
Büffel
Jagd
Umwelt
Bizons.
Jacht.
Indianen.
Ecologische aspecten.
Bisons > Chasse.
Indiens > États-Unis (ouest) > Histoire.
Nature > Effets de l'homme > Amérique du Nord.
Bison d'Amérique > Écologie.
Bison.
North America.
Nordamerika
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The grassland environment
  • The genesis of the Nomads
  • The Nomadic experiment
  • The ascendancy of the market
  • The wild and the tamed
  • The return of the bison.

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