Brian Black

Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The nineteenth-century saw a significant transformation in the United States. In one short century, the nation had seen the populating of the Great Plains and West, the decimation of native Indian tribes, the growth of national transportation and communication networks, and the rise of major cities. The century also witnessed the destruction of the nation's forests, battles over land and water, and the ascent of agribusiness. With these changes in resource use patterns and values came a concordant shift in attitudes toward nature. Conservation and preservation emerged as watchwords for the 1900s. The century that started with an attitude of environmental conquest thus ended by embracing conservation and a new environmental awareness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780313332012
• ISBN-10: 0313332010
• Artikelnr.: 22085282

Autorenporträt

Brian Black has been a college professor since 1992 at Kansas Christian College and at Penn View Bible Institute. He received an MS from Northeastern University, an MA from Clark Summit University, and a PhD from Greenwich University. Black's first book, The Holiness Heritage, gives the formation and history of the Holiness Movement throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has four children and lives with his wife in central Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: The Wonder of Nature Expanding Colonial Systems
Variations on the Agricultural Ideal Technology Leads the Day Corridors of
Trade Speaking for Nature Civil War The Ethic of Extraction Factories in
the Field Cities and Worker Reform Prioritizing Nature Epilogue: The New
Niagara and the Preservation Ethic