A Companion to American Environmental History

__A Companion to American Environmental History__ gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history.* Provides a complete historiography of American environmental history * Brings the field up-to-date to reflect the latest trends and encourages new directions for the field * Includes the work of path-breaking environmental historians, from the founders of the field, to contributions from innovative young scholars * Takes stock of the discipline through five topically themed parts, with essays ranging from American Indian Environmental Relations to Cities and Suburbs A COMPANION TO AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Notes on Contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 15 Part I The Elements of Environmental History......Page 25 1 Paths Toward Home: Landmarks of the Field in Environmental History......Page 27 2 Air......Page 57 3 The Living Earth: History, Darwinian Evolution, and the Grasslands......Page 75 4 Fire......Page 93 5 Water......Page 116 Part II Nature and the Construction of Society and Identity......Page 121 6 Race and US Environmental History......Page 123 7 Gender......Page 140 8 Class......Page 170 9 Body Counts: Tracking the Human Body Through Environmental History......Page 187 Part III The Nature of American Culture......Page 205 10 From Wilderness to Hybrid Landscapes: The Cultural Turn in Environmental History......Page 207 11 American Indian Environmental Relations......Page 215 12 Cultures of Nature: To ca. 1810......Page 238 13 Cultures of Nature: Nineteenth Century......Page 270 14 Cultures of Nature: Twentieth Centu......Page 290 15 From Wilderness Prophets to Tool Freaks: Post-World War II Environmentalism......Page 309 16 The Black Box in the Garden: Consumers and the Environment......Page 328 Part IV Contact Zones: Americans Conjoining the Natural World......Page 349 17 Flora......Page 351 18 Fauna: A Prospectus for Evolutionary History......Page 369 19 Water Development: The Plot Thickens......Page 399 20 Rich Crevices of Inquiry: Mining and Environmental History......Page 418 21 Who Cares About Forests? How Forest History Matters......Page 434 22 Cultivating an Agro-Environmental History......Page 449 23 Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History......Page 466 24 Cities and Suburbs......Page 486 25 Energy and Transportation......Page 506 26 The Global Ecological Reach of the United States: Exporting Capital and Importing Commodities......Page 529 27 Food......Page 553 Part V Outside of the Grid: Place, Borders, and Scale......Page 575 28 Blinded by History: The Geographic Dimension of Environment and Society......Page 577 29 The Northeastern Pacifi c Basin: An Environmental Approach to Seascapes and Littoral Places......Page 603 30 Earthlings: Evolution and Place in Environmental History......Page 619 31 “Most Fruitful Results”: Transborder Approaches to Canadian-American Environmental History......Page 639 32 Seeing Beyond Our Borders: US and Non-US Historiographies......Page 659 Index......Page 677 ""A model compilation It not only takes the analytical measure of the field of American environmental history, it forthrightly blazes trails for the field in the future." William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West" ""A fantastic guide to environmental history that will change how you think about the past." Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University" ""This superb volume, a collaboration of established scholars and rising stars, is now the essential guide to the expanding field of environmental history." Elliott West, University of Arkansas" "A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history, and not only presents a state-of-the-field as it stands, but also expands the current scholarship. With contributions from the founders of this unique branch of history, and the work of innovative young scholars, this Companion presents a bold vision for the future of environmental history, as well as a critical appreciation of its growth and development. The essays in this volume are presented in five parts, covering a diverse set of topics that range from American Indian environmental relations, oceans, and food, to borders, culture, and identity. Combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends, the Companion pushes the existing boundaries of the field and encourages new directions of study."--Jacket A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history, and not only presents a state-of-the-field as it stands, but also expands the current scholarship. With contributions from the founders of this unique branch of history, and the work of innovative young scholars, this Companion presents a bold vision for the future of environmental history, as well as a critical appreciation of its growth and development. The essays in this volume are presented in five parts, covering a diverse set of topics that range from American Indian environmental relations, oceans, and food, to borders, culture, and identity. Combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends, the Companion pushes the existing boundaries of the field and encourages new directions of study. --Book jacket Edited By Douglas Cazaux Sackman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.