 | The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History Subjects: Human ecology -- United States -- History; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States -- History; Landscape changes -- United States -- History; United States -- Environmental conditions; Merchant provides a context-setting overview of American environmental history from the beginning of the millennium; an encyclopedia of important concepts, people, agencies, and laws; a chronology of major events; and an extensive bibliography including films, videos, CD-ROMs, and websites. Carolyn Merchant is the Chancellor's Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several books including The Death of Nature , Ecological Revolutions , and Earthcare , and is a past-president of the American Society for Environmental History. |
