{"product_id":"a-companion-to-american-environmental-history-wiley-blackwell-companions-to-american-history-9781118791417","title":"A Companion to American Environmental History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 by combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eNative American Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 8 January 2014)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Elements of Environmental History 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Paths Toward Home: Landmarks of the Field in Environmental History 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouis S. Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Air 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Langston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Living Earth: History, Darwinian Evolution, and the Grasslands 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Worster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Fire 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen J. Pyne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Water 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Nature and the Construction of Society and Identity 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Race and US Environmental History 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gender 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan R. Schrepfer and Douglas Cazaux Sackman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Class 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChad Montrie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Body Counts: Tracking the Human Body Through Environmental History 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeil M. Maher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Nature of American Culture 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 From Wilderness to Hybrid Landscapes: The Cultural Turn in Environmental History 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 American Indian Environmental Relations 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Rich Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Cultures of Nature: To ca. 1810 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Dennis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Cultures of Nature: Nineteenth Century 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron Sachs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Cultures of Nature: Twentieth Century 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinis Dunaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 From Wilderness Prophets to Tool Freaks: Post-World War II Environmentalism 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Kirk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Black Box in the Garden: Consumers and the Environment 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom McCarthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Contact Zones: Americans Conjoining the Natural World 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Flora 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrieda Knobloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Fauna: A Prospectus for Evolutionary History 345\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmund Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Water Development: The Plot Thickens 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatty Limerick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rich Crevices of Inquiry: Mining and Environmental History 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine G. Morrissey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Who Cares About Forests? How Forest History Matters 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllen Stroud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cultivating an Agro-Environmental History 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara M. Gregg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen M. Rozwadowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Cities and Suburbs 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Sellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Energy and Transportation 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Global Ecological Reach of the United States: Exporting Capital and Importing Commodities 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard P. Tucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Food 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Cazaux Sackman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Outside of the Grid: Place, Borders, and Scale 551\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Blinded by History: The Geographic Dimension of Environment and Society 553\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Walker and Sarah Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Northeastern Pacifi c Basin: An Environmental Approach to Seascapes and Littoral Places 579\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Igler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Earthlings: Evolution and Place in Environmental History 595\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Flores\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 \"Most Fruitful Results\": Transborder Approaches to Canadian-American Environmental History 615\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTed Binnema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Seeing Beyond Our Borders: US and Non-US Historiographies 635\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Sutter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 653\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406923866455,"sku":"9781118791417","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118791417.jpg?v=1730497575","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-american-environmental-history-wiley-blackwell-companions-to-american-history-9781118791417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}