This land, this South : an environmental history / / Albert E. Cowdrey [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Cowdrey Albert E
• Pubblicazione: [Lexington, Ky.], : University Press of Kentucky, c1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 236 p., [1] p. of plates ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 333.73/0975
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - Southern States - History; Human ecology - History - Southern States; Anthropology; Social Sciences; Anthropogeography & Human Ecology
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Description and travel; Southern States History
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [221]-227.
• Nota di contenuto: Isolation and upheaval -- The problem of survival -- The uses of the wild -- The row-crop empire -- Exploitation limited -- Exploitation unlimited -- Conserve and develop -- The transformation begins -- South into sunbelt -- Myth and dream: an epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Here is a story of the long interaction between man, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitation and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the persistent search for knowledge and wisdom. It is a story whose villains were also its victims and sometimes its heroes."--Jacket.
• Titolo abbreviato (Periodici): THIS LAND, THIS SOUTH
• Titolo autorizzato: This land, this South
• ISBN: 1-322-59614-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247959703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno