American Environmental History

by Louis S. Warren

Book Overview

Explore how the peoples of America understood and changed their natural environments, remaking their politics, culture, and societies In this newly revised Second Edition of American Environmental... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631228640
• ISBN13: 9780631228646
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

More of a cultural history than a landscape one...

This book explores the cultural background of American land use and the history from Native American control through our own. Don't expect all shrubs and sidewalks; the insight into native cultures that inspired their use of the land is very deep and far-reaching.