The American Environment Revisited

Environmental Historical Geographies of the United States

Geoffrey L. Buckley, Yolonda Youngs (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

382 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6996-5 (ISBN)

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This innovative book provides a dynamic—and often surprising—view of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. Distinguished scholars examine the growing temporal, spatial, and thematic breadth of topics historical geographers are now exploring, giving a fascinating look at our changing relationship with nature.

This innovative book provides a dynamic—and often surprising—view of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. A distinguished group of scholars examines the growing temporal, spatial, and thematic breadth of topics historical geographers are now exploring. Seventeen original chapters examine topics such as forest conservation, mining landscapes, urban environment justice, solid waste, exotic species, environmental photography, national and state park management, recreation and tourism, and pest control. Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the seminal work The American Environment: Interpretations of Past Geographies, the book clearly shows much has changed since 1992. Indeed, not only has the range of issues expanded, but an increasing number of geographers are forging links with environmental historians, promoting a level of intellectual cross-fertilization that benefits both disciplines. As a result, environmental historical geographies today are richer and more diverse than ever. The American Environment Revisited offers a comprehensive overview that gives both specialist and general readers a fascinating look at our changing relationships with nature over time.

Geoffrey L. Buckley is professor of geography at Ohio University. Yolonda Youngs is associate professor in the department of geography and environmental studies at California State University, San Bernardino.

Preface
Craig E. Colten and Lary M. Dilsaver
Introduction
Geoffrey L. Buckley and Yolonda Youngs

Part I: Nature Gone Wild
Chapter 1: Toward a Historical Geography of Human-Invasive Species Relations: How Kudzu Came to Belong in the American South
Derek H. Alderman
Chapter 2: Unruly Domestic Environments: Do-It-Yourself Pesticides, Gender, and Regulation in Post-World War II Homes
Dawn Biehler
Chapter 3: From Noble Stag to Suburban Vermin: The Return of Deer to the Northeast United States
Bob Wilson

Part II: Parks and Recreation
Chapter 4: Wild, Unpredictable, and Dangerous: A Historical Geography of Hazards and Risks in U.S. National Parks
Yolonda Youngs
Chapter 5: Migration and Social Justice in Wilderness Creation
Katie Algeo and Collins Eke
Chapter 6: Racialized Assemblages and State Park Design in the Jim Crow South
William E. O’Brien
Chapter 7: Shredding Mountain Lines: GoPro, Mobility, and the Spatial Politics of Outdoor Sports
Annie Gilbert Coleman

Part III: Living i

Erscheinungsdatum	26.04.2018
Zusatzinfo	72 b/w photos; 2 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 239 mm
Gewicht	708 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-4422-6996-0 / 1442269960
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-6996-5 / 9781442269965
Zustand	Neuware