| Description |
xviii, 448 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Columbia guides to American history and cultures |
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Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-421) and index. |
| Contents |
The American environment and Native-European encounter, 1000-1875 -- The New England wilderness transformed, 1600-1850 -- The tobacco and cotton south, 1600-1900 -- Nature and the market economy, 1750-1850 -- Western frontiers: the settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820-1930 -- Urban environments, 1850-1960 -- Conservation and preservation, 1785-1950 -- Indian land policy, 1800-1990 -- The rise of ecology, 1890-1990 -- The era of environmentalism, 1940-2000. |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- United States -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States -- History.
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Landscape changes -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Environmental conditions.
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| Added Title |
American environmental history |
| ISBN |
0231112327 (acid-free paper) |
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9780231112321 (acid-free paper) |
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0231112335 |
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9780231112338 |
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