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American Environmental History (Paperback)
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Description
This compilation of seminal essays and primary documents introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States. Subjects include the changing American landscape, soil epidemics, waste disposal, industrial development, conservation, and the environmental movement.
- Introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the subject of environmental history in the United States.
- Contains primary documents that illustrate the conditions, perception, and influences of environmental issues from the pre-Columbian era to the present.
- Subjects include the changing American landscape, soil epidemics, waste disposal, industrial development, conservation, and the environmental movement.
- Includes an editorial introduction, headnotes, and suggestions for further reading.
About the Author
Louis S. Warren is Associate Professor of History and W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western US History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Hunter’s Game: Poachers and Conservationists in Twentieth-Century America (1999).
