Keywords:
Human ecology--Northeastern States--History.
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Human ecology--Middle West--History.
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Nature--Effect of human beings on--Northeastern States.
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Nature--Effect of human beings on--Middle West.
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Northeastern States--Environmental conditions.
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Middle West--Environmental conditions.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (340 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781576079102
Series Statement:
Nature and Human Societies Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=266842
DDC:
304.2/0974
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- SERIES FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- READING THIS BOOK -- 1 THE PEOPLE AND PLACE BEFORE COLUMBUS -- THE NATIVE WORLD -- PEOPLE AND THE LAND -- 2 FIRST ENCOUNTERS -- NEW ENGLAND -- THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST -- 3 GOODS, TRADE, MILLS, AND DAMS -- 4 MOVING WEST: THE INTERIOR -- PRAIRIE WEST -- 5 MILLS, TOWNS, AND CITIES -- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERIOR -- 6 POLLUTION AND HEALTH -- COASTAL CITIES -- INLAND CITIES -- 7 PROTECTING THE PLACE -- THE WAY THINGS ARE -- IMPORTANT PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND CONCEPTS -- CHRONOLOGY -- DOCUMENTS -- 1. AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE, 1625 -- 2. PURITANS CONDEMN SINFUL WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1741 -- 3. COMPARISON OF GERMAN FARMING METHODS WITH ENGLISH AND SCOTS-IRISH, 1799 -- 4. INDIAN LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI BEFORE DISPOSSESSION, EARLY 1800s -- 5. TRANSCENDENTALISM, 1836 -- 6. A TRANSCENDENTALIST LOOKS AT THE WILDERNESS, 1863 -- 7. AN IMMIGRANT FARMBOY ENCOUNTERS WILDERNESS IN WISCONSIN, 1849 -- 8. INDUSTRY, PROSPERITY, AND POLLUTION, 1863 -- 9. AN EARLY CALL FOR CONSERVATION, 1864 -- 10. THE PESHTIGO FOREST FIRE, 1871 -- 11. CLEANING AMERICAN CITIES, 1875 -- 12. HOW THE WILDERNESS FRONTIER FORMED AMERICAN CHARACTER AND INSTITUTIONS, 1893 -- 13. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MIGHT AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, 1899 -- 14. PUBLICIZING CONSERVATION, 1910 -- 15. A PLEA FOR VANISHING WILDLIFE, 1913 -- 16. EARTH DAY, 1970 -- 17. THE TERRIBLE PRICE OF TOXIC WASTE, 1979 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- DOCUMENTS -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
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