Sara Dant

Losing Eden

An Environmental History of the American West

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Historical narratives often concentrate on wars and politics while leaving out the central role and influence of the physical stage on which history is carried out. In Losing Eden, expert scholar and professor, Sara Dant, traces the environmental history and development of the American West and explains how the land has shaped and been shaped by the people who live there.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781496229540
• ISBN-10: 1496229541
• Artikelnr.: 65604646

Autorenporträt

Sara Dant is a Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of history at Weber State University. She is the coauthor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of American National Parks. Tom S. Udall is a former United States senator and representative of New Mexico who has been a strong advocate for renewable energy, the environment, and conservation efforts.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword, by Tom S. Udall
Introduction: The Nature of the West
1. Losing "Eden"
2. The West Transformed
3. Claiming and Taming the Land
4. The Great Barbecue
5. The Pivotal Decade
6. Conservation and Preservation
7. Roll On 
8. Booming the West
9. Building Consensus
10. Environmental Backlash and the New West
11. The Last Frontier
Epilogue: Our Lonely Planet
Index