A Companion to American Environmental History

Herausgegeben von Sackman, Douglas Cazaux

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to American Environmental History gatherstogether a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examinethe evolving and diverse field of American environmental history.

Provides a complete historiography of American environmentalhistory
Brings the field up-to-date to reflect the latest trends andencourages new directions for the field
Includes the work of path-breaking environmental historians,from the founders of the field, to contributions frominnovative young scholars
Takes stock of the discipline through five topically themedparts, with essays ranging from American Indian EnvironmentalRelations to Cities and Suburbs

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to American History
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 183mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1379g
• ISBN-13: 9781405156653
• ISBN-10: 1405156651
• Artikelnr.: 28777102

Autorenporträt

Douglas Cazaux Sackman is Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. His publications include Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America (2010) and Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden (2005), winner of the 2006 Martin Ridge Award. His next book, Pacific Passages, will explore transpacific exchanges of culture and nature, focusing on the traffic in otters, whales, and trees.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Part I: The Elements of
Environmental History. Part II: Nature and the Construction of Society and
Identity. Part III: The Nature of American Culture. Part IV: Contact Zones:
Americans Conjoining the Natural World. Part V: Outside of the Grid: Place,
Borders, and Scale. Index.