This reader gathers fifteen of the most important essays written in
the field of southern environmental history over the past decade.
Ideal for course use, the volume provides a convenient entree into
the recent literature on the region as it indicates the variety of
directions in which the field is growing. As coeditor Paul S.
Sutter writes in his introduction, "recent trends in environmental
historiography--a renewed emphasis on agricultural landscapes and
their hybridity, attention to the social and racial histories of
environmental thought and practice, and connections between health
and the environment among them--have made the South newly
attractive terrain. This volume suggests, then, that southern
environmental history has not only arrived but also that it may
prove an important space for the growth of the larger environmental
history enterprise."
The writings, which range in setting from the Texas plains to
the Carolina Lowcountry, address a multiplicity of topics, such as
husbandry practices in the Chesapeake colonies and the aftermath of
Hurricane Andrew. The contributors' varied disciplinary
perspectives--including agricultural history, geography, the
history of science, the history of technology, military history,
colonial American history, urban and regional planning history, and
ethnohistory--also point to the field's vitality. Conveying the
breadth, diversity, and liveliness of this maturing area of study,
"Environmental History and the American South" affirms the critical
importance of human-environmental interactions to the history and
culture of the region.
Contributors: Virginia DeJohn AndersonWilliam BoydLisa
BradyJoshua Blu BuhsJudith CarneyJames Taylor CarsonCraig E.
ColtenS. Max EdelsonJack Temple KirbyRalph H. LuttsEileen Maura
McGurtyTed SteinbergMart StewartClaire StromPaul SutterHarry
WatsonAlbert G. Way
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