On the Border: An Environmental History of San Antonio

By: Miller, Char

Book Overview

Over the past 300 years, settlement patterns, geography, and climate have greatly affected the ecology of the south Texas landscape. Drawing on a variety of interests and perspectives, the contributors to On the Border probe these evolving relationships in and around San Antonio, the country's ninth-largest city.Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers required open expanses of land for agriculture and ranching, displacing indigenous inhabitants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822941635
• ISBN13: 9780822941637
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"