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American Environmental History
For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, from prehistory to the present.
- Author
- Dan Allosso
- Publisher
- Bemidji State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-SA
- Language
- EN
Contents· 17 sections
- Chapters
- 01: City Life
- 02: Wilderness and Country Life
- 03: Farmers and Agribusiness
- 04: Treasures Underground
- 05: Limits to Growth
- 06: Economics and Externalities
- 07: Food and Choice
- 08: Introduction
- 09: Prehistory
- 10: Recontact
- 11: Colonial North America
- 12: Frontier and Grid
- 13: Transportation Revolution
- 14: Commodities Centers and Peripheries
- 15: Green Revolution
- 16: Commons Mills and Corporations