Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West

by Sara Dant

Book Overview

American Scientist Recommended Read

Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while omitting the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. In Losing Eden award-winning historian Sara Dant debunks the myth of the American West as "Eden" and instead embraces a more realistic and complex understanding of a region that has been inhabited and altered by people for tens of thousands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496229541
• ISBN13: 9781496229540
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"