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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
111879141X
ISBN-13
9781118791417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038854948
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
696 Pages
Publication Name
Companion to American Environmental History
Language
English
Subject
Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, History
Series
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
37.2 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
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Scholarly & Professional
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Reviews
"A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history." ( Native American Encyclopedia , 8 January 2014)
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
333.720973
Table Of Content
Notes on Contributors viii Introduction xiii Part I The Elements of Environmental History 1 1 Paths Toward Home: Landmarks of the Field in Environmental History 3 Louis S. Warren 2 Air 33 Nancy Langston 3 The Living Earth: History, Darwinian Evolution, and the Grasslands 51 Donald Worster 4 Fire 69 Stephen J. Pyne 5 Water 92 Rebecca Solnit Part II Nature and the Construction of Society and Identity 97 6 Race and US Environmental History 99 Colin Fisher 7 Gender 116 Susan R. Schrepfer and Douglas Cazaux Sackman 8 Class 146 Chad Montrie 9 Body Counts: Tracking the Human Body Through Environmental History 163 Neil M. Maher Part III The Nature of American Culture 181 10 From Wilderness to Hybrid Landscapes: The Cultural Turn in Environmental History 183 Richard White 11 American Indian Environmental Relations 191 David Rich Lewis 12 Cultures of Nature: To ca. 1810 214 Matthew Dennis 13 Cultures of Nature: Nineteenth Century 246 Aaron Sachs 14 Cultures of Nature: Twentieth Century 266 Finis Dunaway 15 From Wilderness Prophets to Tool Freaks: Post-World War II Environmentalism 285 Andrew Kirk 16 The Black Box in the Garden: Consumers and the Environment 304 Tom McCarthy Part IV Contact Zones: Americans Conjoining the Natural World 325 17 Flora 327 Frieda Knobloch 18 Fauna: A Prospectus for Evolutionary History 345 Edmund Russell 19 Water Development: The Plot Thickens 375 Patty Limerick 20 Rich Crevices of Inquiry: Mining and Environmental History 394 Katherine G. Morrissey 21 Who Cares About Forests? How Forest History Matters 410 Ellen Stroud 22 Cultivating an Agro-Environmental History 425 Sara M. Gregg 23 Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History 442 Helen M. Rozwadowski 24 Cities and Suburbs 462 Chris Sellers 25 Energy and Transportation 482 Brian Black 26 The Global Ecological Reach of the United States: Exporting Capital and Importing Commodities 505 Richard P. Tucker 27 Food 529 Douglas Cazaux Sackman Part V Outside of the Grid: Place, Borders, and Scale 551 28 Blinded by History: The Geographic Dimension of Environment and Society 553 Richard Walker and Sarah Thomas 29 The Northeastern Pacifi c Basin: An Environmental Approach to Seascapes and Littoral Places 579 David Igler 30 Earthlings: Evolution and Place in Environmental History 595 Dan Flores 31 "Most Fruitful Results": Transborder Approaches to Canadian-American Environmental History 615 Ted Binnema 32 Seeing Beyond Our Borders: US and Non-US Historiographies 635 Paul Sutter Index 653
Synopsis
No short review can do justice to the richness and variety of the essays contained in this lengthy volume, which will prove useful to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and seasoned scholars alike. ( Journal of the History of Biology , 2011) "The volume admirably covers material and cultural approaches to environmental history... I was impressed with the thoroughness and clarity of almost all the entries. ( Environmental History , 1 January 2012) The American Society for Environmental History was organized in 1976, and this companion volume celebrates its members achievements during the past one-third century. The book presents diverse perspectives and topics in 32 chapters [and] is a critical acquisition for all academic library reference collections." ( CHOICE , December 2010) A model compilation It not only takes the analytical measure of the field of American environmental history, it forthrightly blazes trails for the field in the future. William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West "A fantastic guide to environmental history that will change how you think about the past." Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University This superb volume, a collaboration of established scholars and rising stars, is now the essential guide to the expanding field of environmental history. Elliott West, University of Arkansas A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history, and not only presents a state-of-the-field as it stands, but also expands the current scholarship. With contributions from the founders in the field, and the work of innovative young scholars, this Companion presents a bold vision for the future of environmental history as well as a critical appreciation of the history of the field. The essays in this volume are presented in five parts, covering a diverse set of topics that range from American Indian environmental relations, oceans, and food to borders, culture, and identity. Combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends, the Companion pushes the existing boundaries within the field and encourages new directions of study., A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history. Provides a complete historiography of American environmental history Brings the field up-to-date to reflect the latest trends and encourages new directions for the field Includes the work of path-breaking environmental historians, from the founders of the field, to contributions from innovative young scholars Takes stock of the discipline through five topically themed parts, with essays ranging from American Indian Environmental Relations to Cities and Suburbs, A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history by combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends.
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GE195.C655 2013
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