The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History

by Carolyn Merchant

Book Overview

How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the only major reference work to explore all the major themes and debates of the burgeoning field of environmental history. Humanity s relationship with the natural world is one of the oldest and newest topics in human history. The issue emerged as a distinct...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231112335
• ISBN13: 9780231112338
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"