The Subterranean Forest: Energy Systems and the Industrial Revolution
The author argues that the analysis of historical energy systems can provide an explanation for the basic patterns of different social formations.
The author argues that the analysis of historical energy systems can provide an explanation for the basic patterns of different social formations.
This book links the environmental movement that emerged in the United States during the 1960s to earlier progressive movements and considers the importance of race, ethnicity, class, and gender issues for the history and evolution of environmentalism.
An environmental history of waterways in the United States.
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
Green Versus Gold examines California’s environmental history, ranging from its Native American past to conflicts and movements of recent decades.
Rothman considers how the negative consequences of tourism development in the American West potentially outweigh the economic prosperity it brings to communities.
A comprehensive history of the Adirondack mountain range in the eastern United States.
An edited collection investigating the history of forestry in the United States from the nineteenth century onward.
An environmental and social history of the Salton Sea, a saline lake in southern California.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.