American Environmental History P

by Louis S. Warren (Editor)

This compilation of seminal essays and primary documents introduces students to the most exciting scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States. Subjects include the changing American landscape, soil epidemics, waste disposal, industrial development, conservation, and the environmental movement.

Genres: History, Science, American History, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2003

About the author

Louis S. Warren is W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western U.S. History at the University of California, Davis, where he teaches the history of the American West, California history, environmental history, and U.S. history.

Reviews

[Michael Leonard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good environmental history book! Some of its articles are either controversial or they take a look at the issue from a clearly political point of view. The book also follows no clear timeline, often having a large span of history in one chapter, and then covering some of that same span in the next chapter. Organizationally the book was sound. To make the book better, it should've been written in volumes so the author could've covered everything they wanted to cover.

[Gennadyi · Rating 5 out of 5]

a collection of essays illustrating the history of american interaction with the environment from pre-columbus times to nearly the present (year of publication ?) with a great selection of primary and secondary sources and comments from the editor.
from the conquistadors, to the mythical "ecological indian" to the puritans' fear of the wilderness to aldo leopold and rachel carson, you'll find both well known and rare essays, personal letters and book excerpts. reminiscent of zahn's "people's history of the united states" in style

[Jessica DeWitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can see this being helpful for anyone who is just being introduced to the field of environmental history as it includes many of the field's seminal works.

However, for me, who has read most of these works in their original publications, it was a bit monotonous.