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The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History [[electronic resource]]
| The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 p.) |
| Disciplina |
304.2
333.70973 |
| Collana | Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology -- United States -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States -- History United States -- Environmental conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: TOPICS AND THEMES; 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875; The Physical Environment and Natural Resources; Native Americans and the Land; Pueblo Indians and the Southwest; The Pueblo Indians and Spanish Settlement of the Southwest; Micmac Indians and French Settlement in the Northeast; Plains Indians and the Westward Movement; The European Transformation of the Plains; The Ecological Indian; Conclusion; 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850
The New England Forest and Indian Land UseThe Settlement of New England; Colonial Land Use; Marketing the Forest; The Forest Economy; Mind, Labor, and Nature; The Idea of Wilderness; Conclusion; 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900; The Chesapeake Environment and Indian-European Relations; Tobacco Cultivation; Slavery and Southern Agriculture; Soil Exhaustion in the Tobacco South; The Cotton South; Environment and Society in the Cotton South; Cotton Production; Post-Civil War Sharecropping; The Impact of the Boll Weevil; Conclusion; 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850 The Inland Economy and the EnvironmentLand Use in the Inland Economy; The Inland Economy and the Worldview of Its People; Market Farming; The Transportation and Market Revolutions; Nature and Ambivalence About the Market Economy; The Hudson River School of Painters; Artists and the Vanishing Indian; Conclusion; 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plaines, 1820-1930; Westward Expansion and the Settlement of California; California Native Peoples and the Advent of Europeans; The Multicultural Character of the Gold Rush; Types of Gold Mining Environmental Effects of Hydraulic MiningEnvironmental Change in the Sierras; European Settlement of the Great Plains; The Rancher's Frontier; The Farmer's Frontier; Narratives of Blacks and Women; The Dust Bowl of the 1930s; Conclusion; 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960; Urbanization, Industry, and Energy; Industrial Cities and Labor; The City as Wilderness; Air Pollution; Garbage; Noise Pollution; Water Pollution; The Sanitary City; From City to Suburb; Minorities and Pollution; Conclusion; 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950; Colonial Land Policy; Federal Land Policy Land Law in the Arid WestLands for Railroads and Education; The Conservation Movement; Reclamation and Water Law; The Preservation Movement; Creation of the National Parks; Conclusion; 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990; Indian Land Treaties; Indian Removal; The Dawes Act; Indians and the Creation of the National Parks; The Winters Decision; The Indian New Deal and Civil Rights; Indian Lands and Environmental Regulation; Conclusion; 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990; Ernst Haeckel and the Origins of Ecology; Human Ecology; The Organismic Approach to Ecology; The Economic Approach to Ecology The Influence of Chaos Theory |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462122003321 |
Merchant Carolyn
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History [[electronic resource]]
| The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 p.) |
| Disciplina |
304.2
333.70973 |
| Collana | Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology -- United States -- History
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States -- History United States -- Environmental conditions |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: TOPICS AND THEMES; 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875; The Physical Environment and Natural Resources; Native Americans and the Land; Pueblo Indians and the Southwest; The Pueblo Indians and Spanish Settlement of the Southwest; Micmac Indians and French Settlement in the Northeast; Plains Indians and the Westward Movement; The European Transformation of the Plains; The Ecological Indian; Conclusion; 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850
The New England Forest and Indian Land UseThe Settlement of New England; Colonial Land Use; Marketing the Forest; The Forest Economy; Mind, Labor, and Nature; The Idea of Wilderness; Conclusion; 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900; The Chesapeake Environment and Indian-European Relations; Tobacco Cultivation; Slavery and Southern Agriculture; Soil Exhaustion in the Tobacco South; The Cotton South; Environment and Society in the Cotton South; Cotton Production; Post-Civil War Sharecropping; The Impact of the Boll Weevil; Conclusion; 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850 The Inland Economy and the EnvironmentLand Use in the Inland Economy; The Inland Economy and the Worldview of Its People; Market Farming; The Transportation and Market Revolutions; Nature and Ambivalence About the Market Economy; The Hudson River School of Painters; Artists and the Vanishing Indian; Conclusion; 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plaines, 1820-1930; Westward Expansion and the Settlement of California; California Native Peoples and the Advent of Europeans; The Multicultural Character of the Gold Rush; Types of Gold Mining Environmental Effects of Hydraulic MiningEnvironmental Change in the Sierras; European Settlement of the Great Plains; The Rancher's Frontier; The Farmer's Frontier; Narratives of Blacks and Women; The Dust Bowl of the 1930s; Conclusion; 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960; Urbanization, Industry, and Energy; Industrial Cities and Labor; The City as Wilderness; Air Pollution; Garbage; Noise Pollution; Water Pollution; The Sanitary City; From City to Suburb; Minorities and Pollution; Conclusion; 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950; Colonial Land Policy; Federal Land Policy Land Law in the Arid WestLands for Railroads and Education; The Conservation Movement; Reclamation and Water Law; The Preservation Movement; Creation of the National Parks; Conclusion; 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990; Indian Land Treaties; Indian Removal; The Dawes Act; Indians and the Creation of the National Parks; The Winters Decision; The Indian New Deal and Civil Rights; Indian Lands and Environmental Regulation; Conclusion; 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990; Ernst Haeckel and the Origins of Ecology; Human Ecology; The Organismic Approach to Ecology; The Economic Approach to Ecology The Influence of Chaos Theory |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785515603321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Columbia guide to American environmental history / / Carolyn Merchant
| The Columbia guide to American environmental history / / Carolyn Merchant |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures |
| Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / History |
| ISBN | 0-231-50584-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Historical Overview:Topics and Themes -- 1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875 -- 2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850 -- 3. The Tobacco and Cotton South, 1600-1900 -- 4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850 -- 5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820 -1930 -- 6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960 -- 7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950 -- 8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990 -- 9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990 -- 10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000 -- Part II. American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People -- Part III. Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline -- Part IV. Resource Guide -- Visual Resources: Films and Videos -- Electronic Resources -- Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910423652003321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological revolutions [[electronic resource] ] : nature, gender, and science in New England / / Carolyn Merchant ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author
| Ecological revolutions [[electronic resource] ] : nature, gender, and science in New England / / Carolyn Merchant ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 304.20974 |
| Collana | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - New England - History
Indians of North America - New England - Economic conditions Human ecology - Philosophy - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0389-6
0-8078-9962-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457120503321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological revolutions [[electronic resource] ] : nature, gender, and science in New England / / Carolyn Merchant ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author
| Ecological revolutions [[electronic resource] ] : nature, gender, and science in New England / / Carolyn Merchant ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 304.20974 |
| Collana | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - New England - History
Indians of North America - New England - Economic conditions Human ecology - Philosophy - History |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0389-6
0-8078-9962-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781316503321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reinventing Eden : The Fate of Nature in Western Culture / / by Carolyn Merchant
| Reinventing Eden : The Fate of Nature in Western Culture / / by Carolyn Merchant |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Philosophy
Human ecology - History Nature - Effect of human beings on |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-07964-7
1-299-31936-X 1-136-16125-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Genesis of the recovery narrative -- pt. II. New world edens -- pt. III. New stories. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465141403321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reinventing Eden : The Fate of Nature in Western Culture / / by Carolyn Merchant
| Reinventing Eden : The Fate of Nature in Western Culture / / by Carolyn Merchant |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Philosophy
Human ecology - History Nature - Effect of human beings on |
| ISBN |
1-136-16124-4
0-203-07964-7 1-299-31936-X 1-136-16125-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Genesis of the recovery narrative -- pt. II. New world edens -- pt. III. New stories. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792040503321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spare the Birds! : George Bird Grinnell and the First Audubon Society / / Carolyn Merchant
| Spare the Birds! : George Bird Grinnell and the First Audubon Society / / Carolyn Merchant |
| Autore | Merchant Carolyn |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Disciplina | 598.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Birds - History
Ornithology - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 0-300-22492-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. George Bird Grinnell's Audubon Society -- 1. Lucy and John James Audubon's Influence on Grinnell -- 2. Grinnell's Audubon Society -- PART II. George Bird Grinnell's Writings on John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson in Th e Audubon Magazine -- 3. Introduction to Grinnell's Writings -- 4. The Life of John James Audubon / Grinnell, George Bird -- 5. The Character of John James Audubon / Grinnell, George Bird -- 6. Incidents of Audubon's Life / Grinnell, George Bird -- 7. Audubonian Sketches / Shufeldt, R[obert] W. -- 8. Biography of Alexander Wilson / Grinnell, George Bird -- PART III. Grinnell's Monthly Birds in Th e Audubon Magazine, 1887-1889 -- 9. Introduction to Grinnell's Monthly Birds -- 10. Grinnell's Monthly Birds I -- 11. Grinnell's Monthly Birds II -- 12. Epilogue: Grinnell's Achievements -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798405403321 |
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Merchant Carolyn
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| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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