The Resource Down to earth : nature's role in American history, Ted Steinberg
Down to earth : nature's role in American history, Ted Steinberg
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- Summary
- Down to earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that places the environment at the very center of our story. Ted Steinberg sweeps across the centuries, re-envisioning the story of America as he recounts how the environment has played a key role in virtually every social, economic, and political development. Ranging from the colonists' attempts to impose order on the land to the modern efforts to sell the wilderness as a consumer good, packaged in national parks and Alaskan cruises, Steinberg reminds readers that many critical episodes in our history were, in fact, environmental events: the California Gold Rush, for example, or the great migration of African Americans to the North in the early twentieth century (in part the consequence of an insect infestation). Equally important, Steinberg highlights the ways in which we have envisioned nature, attempting to reshape and control it--from Thomas Jefferson's surveying plan that divided the national landscape into a grid, to the transformation of animals, crops, and even water into commodities (New Englanders started trading water rights by the early nineteenth century). From the Pilgrims to Disney World, Steinberg's narrative abounds with fascinating details and often disturbing insights into our interaction with the natural world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 347 pages
- Contents
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- The Great Food Fight
- Extracting the New South
- The Unforgiving West
- Conservation Reconsidered
- Death of the Organic City
- Consuming Nature
- Moveable Feast
- The Secret History of Meat
- America in Black and Green
- Throwaway Society
- Prologue: Rocks and History
- Shades of Green
- Planet U.S.A.
- Conclusion: Disney Takes on the Animal Kingdom
- Chaos to Simplicity
- Wilderness under Fire
- A Truly New World
- Reflections from a Woodlot
- Rationalization and Its Discontents
- A World of Commodities
- King Climate in Dixie
- Isbn
- 9780195140095
- Label
- Down to earth : nature's role in American history
- Title
- Down to earth
- Title remainder
- nature's role in American history
- Statement of responsibility
- Ted Steinberg
- Subject
-
- Écologie humaine -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Homme -- Influence de l'environnement -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- History
- Human ecology -- United States -- History
- Environnement -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Philosophy of nature
- Ecology
- Philosophie de la nature -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Human ecology
- Philosophy of nature -- United States -- History
- United States -- Environmental conditions
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States -- History
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Down to earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that places the environment at the very center of our story. Ted Steinberg sweeps across the centuries, re-envisioning the story of America as he recounts how the environment has played a key role in virtually every social, economic, and political development. Ranging from the colonists' attempts to impose order on the land to the modern efforts to sell the wilderness as a consumer good, packaged in national parks and Alaskan cruises, Steinberg reminds readers that many critical episodes in our history were, in fact, environmental events: the California Gold Rush, for example, or the great migration of African Americans to the North in the early twentieth century (in part the consequence of an insect infestation). Equally important, Steinberg highlights the ways in which we have envisioned nature, attempting to reshape and control it--from Thomas Jefferson's surveying plan that divided the national landscape into a grid, to the transformation of animals, crops, and even water into commodities (New Englanders started trading water rights by the early nineteenth century). From the Pilgrims to Disney World, Steinberg's narrative abounds with fascinating details and often disturbing insights into our interaction with the natural world
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Steinberg, Theodore
- Dewey number
- 333.7/13/0973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GF27
- LC item number
- .S85 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Human ecology
- Philosophy of nature
- Human beings
- United States
- Écologie humaine
- Philosophie de la nature
- Homme
- Environnement
- Ecology
- Human beings
- Human ecology
- Philosophy of nature
- United States
- Label
- Down to earth : nature's role in American history, Ted Steinberg
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Great Food Fight
- Extracting the New South
- The Unforgiving West
- Conservation Reconsidered
- Death of the Organic City
- Consuming Nature
- Moveable Feast
- The Secret History of Meat
- America in Black and Green
- Throwaway Society
- Prologue: Rocks and History
- Shades of Green
- Planet U.S.A.
- Conclusion: Disney Takes on the Animal Kingdom
- Chaos to Simplicity
- Wilderness under Fire
- A Truly New World
- Reflections from a Woodlot
- Rationalization and Its Discontents
- A World of Commodities
- King Climate in Dixie
- Control code
- ocm47989934
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 347 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195140095
- Lccn
- 2001047600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o47989934
- (OCoLC)47989934
- Label
- Down to earth : nature's role in American history, Ted Steinberg
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Great Food Fight
- Extracting the New South
- The Unforgiving West
- Conservation Reconsidered
- Death of the Organic City
- Consuming Nature
- Moveable Feast
- The Secret History of Meat
- America in Black and Green
- Throwaway Society
- Prologue: Rocks and History
- Shades of Green
- Planet U.S.A.
- Conclusion: Disney Takes on the Animal Kingdom
- Chaos to Simplicity
- Wilderness under Fire
- A Truly New World
- Reflections from a Woodlot
- Rationalization and Its Discontents
- A World of Commodities
- King Climate in Dixie
- Control code
- ocm47989934
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 347 pages
- Isbn
- 9780195140095
- Lccn
- 2001047600
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o47989934
- (OCoLC)47989934
Subject
- Ecology
- Environnement -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- History
- Homme -- Influence de l'environnement -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States -- History
- Human ecology
- Human ecology -- United States -- History
- Philosophie de la nature -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Philosophy of nature
- Philosophy of nature -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Environmental conditions
- Écologie humaine -- États-Unis -- Histoire
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