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Nature and the environment in nineteenth-century American life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Black, Brian, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Series:Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
Subjects:
Human ecology > United States > History > 19th century.
Nature > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Expanding colonial systems
  • Variations on the agricultural ideal
  • Technology leads the day
  • Corridors of trade
  • Speaking for nature
  • Civil War
  • The ethics of extraction
  • Factories in the field
  • Cities and worker reform
  • Prioritizing nature.