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Topic
General, United States / General
Book Title
Major Problems in American Environmental History : Documents and Essays
Book Series
Major Problems in American History Ser.
Author
Carolyn. Merchant, Thomas Paterson
Publisher
HMH College Division
Genre
History
ISBN
9780669249934
Item Length
9.2 in
Edition
1
Publication Year
1993
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
568 Pages
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Publisher
HMH College Division
ISBN-10
0669249939
ISBN-13
9780669249934
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235298

Product Key Features

Edition
1
Book Title
Major Problems in American Environmental History : Documents and Essays
Number of Pages
568 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Topic
General, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Carolyn. Merchant, Thomas Paterson
Book Series
Major Problems in American History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
92-081866
Table Of Content
Contents 1. What Is Environmental History? ESSAYS Donald Worster,Ecological History William Cronon,Ecological Prophecies Alfred W. Crosby,Ecological Imperialism Carolyn Merchant,Ecological Revolutions 2. Native American Ecology and European Contact DOCUMENTS A Spanish Explorer Views the Pueblos, 1580 Spanish Explorers Observe Pueblo Irrigation, 1582 A Spaniard Testifies on the Effects of Pueblo Colonization, 1601 Nicholas Denys on the Micmac Fur Trade, 1672 A Jesuit Missionary Recalls Micmac Hunting Rituals, 1691 ESSAYS RamÓn GutiÉrrez,Pueblos and Spanish in the Southwest Calvin Martin,Micmacs and French in the Northeast 3. The New England Forest in the Seventeenth Century DOCUMENTS William Bradford Faces a "Hideous and Desolate Wilderness," 1620–1635 John Winthrop Quotes Genesis on Subduing the Earth, 1629 Thomas Morton Praises the New English Canaan, 1632 William Wood on Indian Women's Housing and Horticulture, 1634 Roger Williams on Indian Uses of the Forest, 1643 A Timber Merchant's Estate, 1682 A Governor Enforces the King's Forest Policy, 1730 ESSAYS Jim O'Brien,A Beaver's Perspective on North American History Samuel F. Manning,A Colonist's Perspective on the New England Environment Charles F. Carroll,A Forest's Perspective on Ecological Transformation 4. Soil Exhaustion in the Early Tobacco South DOCUMENTS John White Depicts Indian Planting and Fishing in Virginia, 1590 Virginia Settlers Discover Tobacco, 1614–1617 A Virginia Planter Describes His Holdings, 1686 Robert Beverley on Indians and Nature in Virginia, 1705 A Traveler Describes Tobacco Cultivation, 1775 Thomas Jefferson on the "Nature" of Blacks and Worn-Out Tobacco Lands, 1787 Olaudah Equiano Describes His Enslavement, 1791 Benjamin Banneker Responds to Thomas Jefferson, 1792 ESSAYS Ronald Takaki,Slaves' Bodies T.H. Breen,Planters' Minds Avery O. Craven,Exhausted Soils 5. Farm Ecology in the Early Republic DOCUMENTS A Traveler Views the Mistakes of New England Farmers, 1775 J. Hector St. John de CrÈvecoeur Asks, "What Is an American?" 1782 Thomas Jefferson on the Agrarian Ideal, 1787 Benjamin Rush Praises the Market Farmers of Pennsylvania, 1789 Edward Slader's Account Book, 1807–1812 Anna Howell's Farm Diary, 1820 John James Audubon Depicts the Squatters of the Mississippi, 1808–1834 Calvin Colton on Self-Made Men, 1844 ESSAYS William Cronon,Land for Markets Carolyn Merchant,Land for Subsistence John Boles,Slave Subsistence 6. Nature Versus Civilization in the Nineteenth Century DOCUMENTS Phillis Wheatley Eulogizes Nature, 1773 John James Audubon on Shooting Birds, 1808–1834 James Fenimore Cooper Laments the "Wasty Ways" of Pioneers, 1823 Hudson River Painters Depict Nature, 1836–1849 George Catlin on Indians, Nature, and Civilization, 1844 Ralph Waldo Emerson Expounds on Nature and Wealth, 1844 Henry David Thoreau on Nature Versus Civilization, 1854 Rebecca Harding Davis on Pollution and Human Life in the Iron Mills, 1861 ESSAYS Michael Heiman,Civilization over Nature Robert Kuhn McGregor,Nature over Civilization Annette Kolodny,Nature, Civilization, and Gender 7. The Cotton South Before and After the Civil War DOCUMENTS Frances Anne Kemble on Slavery and Nature in Georgia, 1838 A Georgia Planter Tells Why Cotton Pays, 1847 Frederick Law
Synopsis
This volume traces the history of the United States environment through examinations of 14 critical issues including pollution, conservation, and wilderness preservation.
LC Classification Number
GE150.M35 1993

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