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Author Steinberg, Theodore, 1961-

Title Down to earth : nature's role in American history / Ted Steinberg.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  333.7 STEINBERG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.713 STEINBERG    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  973 STEINBERG    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  333.7 S819D    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-331) and index.
Contents Prologue: Rocks and history -- Chaos to simplicity. Wilderness under fire -- A truly new world -- Reflections from a woodlot -- Rationalization and its discontents. A world of commodities -- King climate in Dixie -- The great food fight -- Extracting the New South -- The unforgiving west -- Conservation reconsidered -- Death of the organic city -- Consuming nature. Moveable feast -- The secret history of meat -- America in black and green -- Throwaway society -- Shades of green -- Planet U.S.A. -- Conclusion: Disney takes on the animal kingdom.
Subject Human ecology -- United States -- History.
Philosophy of nature -- United States -- History.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States -- History.
United States -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
Human beings -- Effect of environment on. (OCoLC)fst00962843
Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
Philosophy of nature. (OCoLC)fst01060845
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 0195140109
9780195140101
0195140095 (CLOTH)
9780195140095 (CLOTH)
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