The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness
A comprehensive history of the Adirondack mountain range in the eastern United States.
A comprehensive history of the Adirondack mountain range in the eastern United States.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
Taking an environmental history perspective of the nothwestern plains, this book represents an excellent example of how to tie the human experience to the limits and opportunities presented by environment.
Richards shows how humans—whether clearing forests or draining wetlands, transporting bacteria, insects, and livestock; hunting species to extinction, or reshaping landscapes—altered the material well-being of the natural world along with their own.
An examination of the relationship between African Americans and the environment in US history.
Excerpt from Animals and Society in Brazil, from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries.
Jon Coleman investigates the sometimes violent and always controversial relationship between the two species.