| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Open textbook library |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Prehistory -- Chapter 2: Recontact -- Chapter 3: Colonial North America -- Chapter 4: Frontier and Grid -- Chapter 5: Commons, Mills, Corporations -- Chapter 6: Transportation Revolution -- Chapter 7: Commodities, Centers, Peripheries -- Chapter 8: Green Revolution -- Chapter 9: City Life -- Chapter 10: Wilderness and Country Life -- Chapter 11: Farmers and Agribusiness -- Chapter 12: Treasures Underground -- Chapter 13: Limits to Growth? -- Chapter 14: Economics and Externalities -- Chapter 15: Food and Choice |
| Summary |
For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, from prehistory to the present |
| Notes |
Attribution-ShareAlike |
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In English |
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Description based on online resource |
| Subject |
Earth sciences -- Textbooks
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History -- Textbooks
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Earth sciences.
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History.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781981731732 |
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1981731733 |
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