Martin V. Melosi

Gebundenes Buch

Water in North American Environmental History

Beschreibung

Water in North American Environmental History offers 25 cases studies that explore the range of uses and perceptions of water throughout Canadian, Mexican, and United States history. Water has served a myriad of purposes historically as human sustenance, agricultural irrigation, sanitation, fire protection, military defense, power generation, transportation, and much more. Water and its uses provide an excellent entrée into the study of humans and the environment, not only because water is a vital resource for life, but also because water as a medium is so intimately woven into the everyday experiences of humans and into society's economic, political, and social fabric. A North American perspective is not representative of the world's water use, but it is an area with a linked history and many overlapping human and environmental features and concerns. With a continental perspective, the book explores many disparate topics without being confined to the history and experiences of just one country. The chapters are short, but descriptive, and departure points for what they tell us about the human experience in dealing with water and the environmental implications of water use. The text leads students to consider water in relation to society, and to the past. The book will be of interest to students of environmental history, geography, and the environmental sciences.

Autor

Martin V. Melosi is Cullen Professor Emeritus of History and Founding Director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, USA. He studies environmental and urban history and energy history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780367485542
• ISBN-10: 0367485540
• Artikelnr.: 63198342

Rezensionen

2022 John Lyman Book Award honorable mention in the category of "Naval and Maritime Science and Technology":

"Teachers offering classes on environmental history, especially of either water or North America, will want to consider adding this book to their syllabi. Alternatively, the book could help hurried and harried instructors who need to give a class lecture or two on topics that appear here. College and university libraries should add it to their collections."

J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University, USA in Environment and History