Irrigated Eden [[electronic resource] ] : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / / Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon |
Autore | Fiege Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.91/3/097961 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
Soggetto topico |
Irrigation farming - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming - Idaho Irrigation - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Irrigation - Idaho Water-supply - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Water-supply - Idaho |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-98974-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword by William Cronon; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape; 1. Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems; 2. Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota; 3. Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River; 4. Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work; 5. From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape; 6. Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape; Conclusion: A World in the Making; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910160352803321 |
Fiege Mark | ||
Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Irrigated Eden : the making of an agricultural landscape in the American West / / Mark Fiege ; foreword by William Cronon |
Autore | Fiege Mark |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.91/3/097961 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
Soggetto topico |
Irrigation farming - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Irrigation farming - Idaho Irrigation - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Irrigation - Idaho Water-supply - Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.) Water-supply - Idaho |
ISBN | 0-295-98974-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Foreword by William Cronon; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Discovering the Irrigated Landscape; 1. Genesis: Water, Earth, and Irrigation Systems; 2. Habitat: The Irrigated Landscape and Its Biota; 3. Dividing Water: Conflict, Cooperation, and Allocation on the Upper Snake River; 4. Labor and Landscape: Irrigated Agriculture and Work; 5. From Field to Market: Agricultural Production in the Irrigated Landscape; 6. Industrial Eden: Myth, Metaphor, and the Irrigated Landscape; Conclusion: A World in the Making; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808103003321 |
Fiege Mark | ||
Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The republic of nature [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history of the United States / / Mark Fiege |
Autore | Fiege Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (600 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20973 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - United States - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-295-80414-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463889603321 |
Fiege Mark | ||
Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The republic of nature : an environmental history of the United States / / Mark Fiege |
Autore | Fiege Mark |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (600 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.20973 |
Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - United States - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States - History |
ISBN | 0-295-80414-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Environmental History Comes of Age by William Cronon -- Land of Lincoln -- 1. Satan in the Land: Nature, the Supernatural, and Disorder in Colonial New England -- 2. By the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God: Declaring American Independence -- 3. King Cotton: The Cotton Plant and Southern Slavery -- 4. Nature's Nobleman: Abraham Lincoln and the Improvement of America -- 5. The Nature of Gettysburg: Environmental History and the Civil War -- 6. Iron Horses: Nature and the Building of the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad -- 7. Atomic Sublime: Toward a Natural History of the Bomb -- 8. The Road to Brown v. Board: An Environmental History of the Color Line -- 9. It's a Gas: The United States and the Oil Shock of 1973-1974 -- Paths That Beckon -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Illustration Credits -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814040103321 |
Fiege Mark | ||
Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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