A Companion to American Environmental History
Autor: | Douglas Cazaux Sackman |
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EAN: | 9781444323627 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 12.02.2010 |
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Schlagworte: | American environmental history US environmental history environmental history natural history |
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A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history.
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.
- Provides a complete historiography of American environmental history
- Brings the field up-to-date to reflect the latest trends and encourages new directions for the field
- Includes the work of path-breaking environmental historians, from the founders of the field, to contributions from innovative young scholars
- Takes stock of the discipline through five topically themed parts, with essays ranging from American Indian Environmental Relations to Cities and Suburbs
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.