| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 248 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-231) and index. |
| Contents |
European exploration and the Colonial Era (1492-1770s) -- Expansion and conflict (1770s-1850s) -- Landscape of industrialization (1850s-1920s) -- The Conservation Era (1880s-1920s) -- From the Depression to atomic power (1930s-1960s) -- The rise of the environmental movement (1960s-1980s) -- Contemporary environmentalism (1980s-present). |
| Summary |
This visually dynamic resource chronologically covers its subject through the use of four-color maps, photos and diagrams, with substantial articles written by well known scholars. Each chapter provides entries on seven essential areas: - agriculture - wildlife and forestry - land use and management - technology and industry - pollution and human heath - human habitats - and ideology and politics. With valuable reference aids--including bibliographies, sources for further research, an extensive index, and newly designed maps--this is an indispensable tool for students and educators alike. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- United States -- History -- Atlases.
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Human ecology. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Atlases.
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| Subject |
Human ecology -- Canada -- History -- Atlases.
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Canada. |
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United States -- Environmental conditions -- Atlases.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Canada -- Environmental conditions -- Atlases.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Atlases.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Char, 1951-
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| Added Title |
Atlas of US and Canadian environmental history |
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Atlas of United States and Canadian environmental history |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Atlas of U.S. and Canadian environmental history. New York : Routledge, 2003 0415937817 (DLC) 2003046799 (OCoLC)52216180 |
| ISBN |
9780203821145 (electronic book) |
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0203821149 (electronic book) |
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0415937817 |
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9780415937818 |
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