Environment [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Melosi, volume editor ; designed by Richard Hendel

• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.950975
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Environmental conditions Encyclopedias; Southern States Description and travel Encyclopedias
• Altri autori: MelosiMartin V. <1947-> HendelRichard
• Note generali: "Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--T.p. verso.; "Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."; Includes indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; General Introduction; Introduction; ENVIRONMENT; Animals; Aquatic Life, Freshwater; Birds and Birding; Climate and Weather; Coastal Marshes; Dams; Endangered Species; Energy Use and Development; Environmental Justice; Environmental Movements; Flood Control and Drainage; Forests; Gardens and Gardening; Indians and the Environment; Insects; Invasive and Alien Species (Floral and Faunal); Land Use; Marine Environment, Fish and Fisheries; Natural Disasters; Natural Resources; Naturalists; Parks and Recreation Areas; Plants; Plant Uses; Pollution; Reclamation and Irrigation ; Rivers and LakesRoads and Trails; Shellfish; Soil and Soil Conservation; Streams and Steamboats; Swamps; Tennessee Valley Authority; Trees; Water Use; Wetlands; Air-Conditioning; Alligators and Crocodiles; Anderson, Walter Inglis; Appalachian Coal Region; Appalachian Mountains; Armadillo; Assateague Island National Seashore; Atchafalaya Basin Swamp; Audubon, John James; Azaleas; Bartram, William; Big Bend National Park; Big Thicket; Biscayne National Park; Blue Ridge Mountains; Cancer Alley (Louisiana); Cape Lookout National Seashore; Catfish; Chesapeake Bay ; Cumberland Island and Little Cumberland IslandCypress; Dogwood, Flowering; Dry Tortugas; Florida Everglades; Florida Keys; Florida Panther; Galveston Bay; Great Smoky Mountains; Guadalupe Mountains National Park; Homer, Winslow; Hot Springs National Park; Ivory-Billed Woodpecker; Kudzu; Lightwood; Live Oak; Magnolia; Mammoth Cave National Park; Mississippi River; Mockingbird; Muhammad, Benjamin Franklin Chavis; Muir, John; Natchez Trace; Nuclear Pollution; Odum, Eugene P.; Offshore Oil Industry; Oil Pollution; Okefenokee Swamp; Opossum ("Possum"); Outer Banks; Ozarks ; Padre Island National SeashorePalm Trees; Persimmon; Red River Expedition; Rio Grande; Sassafras; Shenandoah Valley; Spanish Moss; Tellico Dam; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; Warren County, N.C.; Wilson Dam; Index of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 8: Environment; From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys the dynamic environmental forces that have shaped human culture in the region--and the ways humans have shaped their environment. Articles examine how the South's ecology, physiography, and climate have influenced southerners--not only as a daily fact of life but also as a metaphor for understanding culture and identity.This volume includes ninety-eight essays that explore--both broadly and specifically--elements of the southern environment. Thematic overviews address subjects such as plants, animals, energy use and development, and natural disasters. Shorter topical entries feature familiar species such as the alligator, the ivory-billed woodpecker, kudzu, and the mockingbird. Also covered are important individuals in southern environmental history and prominent places in the landscape, such as the South's national parks and seashores. New articles cover contemporary issues in land use and conservation, environmental protection, and the current status of the flora and fauna widely associated with the South.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environment
• ISBN: 1-4696-1661-0; 1-4696-1660-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816376903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New encyclopedia of Southern culture ; ; v. 8.