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 include climactic and geological data, court
records, archaeological digs, and the writings of naturalists, as
well as federal and state economic and resource development and
conservation policy. Environmental historians investigate how and
why natural and human-created surroundings affect a society's
development. Merchant provides a context-setting overview of
American environmental history from the beginning of the
millennium; an encyclopedia of important concepts, people,
agencies, and laws; a chronology of major events; and an extensive
bibliography including films, videos, CD-Roms, and websites. This
concise "first stop" reference for students and general readers
contains an accessible overview of environmental history; a
mini-encyclopedia of ideas, people, legislation, and agencies; a
chronology of events and their significance; and a bibliography of
books, magazines, and journals as well as films, videos, CD-ROMs,
and online resources. In addition to providing a wealth of factual
information, The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History
explores contentious issues in this much-debated field, from the
idea of wilderness to global warming. 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 in 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 include climatic and
geological data, court records, archaeological digs, and the
writings of naturalists, as well as federal and state economic and
resource development and conservation policy. Environmental
historians investigate how and why natural and human-created
surroundings affect a society's development. Merchant provides a
context-setting overview of American environmental history from the
precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding
with twenty-first concerns over global warming. The book also
includes a glossary of important concepts, people, agencies, and
legislation; a chronology of major events; and an extensive
bibliography including films, videos, CD-ROMs, and websites. This
concise reference for students and general readers contains an
accessible overview of American environmental history; a
mini-encyclopedia of ideas, people, legislation, and agencies; a
chronology of events and their significance; and a bibliography of
books, magazines, and journals as well as films, videos, CD-ROMs,
and online resources. In addition to providing a wealth of factual
information, The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History
explores contentious issues in this much-debated field, from the
idea of wilderness to global warming.
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