The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History:
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Main Author: Merchant, Carolyn 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press 2012
Series:Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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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 field of scholarship in the early 1970s and has been growing steadily ever since. The discipline's territory and sources are rich and varied and i
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (469 p)
ISBN:9780231505840

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