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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824696803321

Titolo

The atlas of US and Canadian environmental history / / edited by Char Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-75523-3

0-429-23643-3

0-203-82114-9

1-136-75524-1

Descrizione fisica

viii, 248 p. : col. ill., col. maps

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerChar <1951->

Disciplina

304.2/097/022

Soggetti

Human ecology - United States - History

Human ecology - Canada - History

United States Environmental conditions Atlases

Canada Environmental conditions Atlases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. European exploration and the colonial era (1492-1770s) -- ch. 2. Expansion and conflict (1770s-1850s) -- ch. 3. Landscape of industrialization (1850s-1920s) -- ch. 4. The conservation era (1880s-1920s) -- ch. 5. From the depression to atomic power (1930s-1960s) -- ch. 6. The rise of the environmental movement (1960s-1980s) -- ch. 7. Contemporary environmentalism (1980s-present).