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The Columbia guide to American environmental history
- Title
- The Columbia guide to American environmental history / Carolyn Merchant.
- Author
- Merchant, Carolyn.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2002], ©2002.
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- Description
- xviii, 448 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Columbia guides to American history and cultures
- Uniform Title
- Columbia guides to American history and cultures.
- Alternative Title
- American environmental history
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-421) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Historical Overview: Topics and Themes. Ch. 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875. Ch. 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850. Ch. 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900. Ch. 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850. Ch. 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820-1930. Ch. 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960. Ch. 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950. Ch. 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990. Ch. 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990. Ch. 10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000 -- Pt. II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People -- Pt. III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline -- Pt. IV. Resource Guide.
- ISBN
- 0231112327 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001056192
- OCLC
- ocm48559487
- SCSB-4282835
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries