American environmental history: an introduction

Auteur :
Merchant, Carolyn
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231140355
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2007
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class.