A chronological history of the great debates over the environment throughout American history
List of Entries Guide to Related Topics Preface Introduction Entries Epilogue Bibliography Index
Brian Black is associate professor in the departments of history and environmental studies at Penn State University, Altoona. He is the author of Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Life and Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life. Donna L. Lybecker is assistant professor of political science at Idaho State University. She received her MA from Tulane University and her PhD from Colorado State University where she focused on Environmental Politics and Latin America. Her research interests include decentralization of environmental policy, water policy in the West and along the US-Mexico border, and cross border environmental politics.
America's history has been shaped not only by political events but
also by its environment. Beginning with the establishment of the
English Colonies in the late 16th century, this two-volume set
edited by Lybecker (political science, Idaho State Univ.) and Black
(history & environmental science, Penn State Univ., Altoona; Nature
and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Life) presents a
chronological view of selected events that demonstrate how the
American people have used and adapted the environment to suit their
needs and the environment has influenced the American people.
Headers for each of the 160-plus articles list the time period
being discussed, opposing people or groups during the event, other
interested parties, and the general environmental issues under
discussion. Subjects covered include political and ecological
developments, environmental conservation, agriculture, scalable
development, and pollution. Lewis and Clark, American expansion,
energy development, and Love Canal articles count among the events
covered. The easy-to-read entries vary between one and seven pages
in length and conclude with a brief list of sources and titles for
further reading.
*Library Journal*
Black and Lybecker take a more measured and calmly descriptive
appraoch than some previous books on environmental history. This
resource will be useful to high-school and college students and
teachers along with the general public and is well worth
consideration by most libraries.
*Booklist*
This is a very useful set of volumes to have available to any
college environmental studies program. . . . These volumes are
recommended for libraries that have science and contemporary policy
collections, especially those accessed by faculty and students in
environmental studies programs.
*ARBA*
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