American Environment Revisited (eBook)

Environmental Historical Geographies of the United States

Geoffrey L. Buckley, Yolonda Youngs (Herausgeber)

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2018
383 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6997-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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, giving a fascinating look at our changing relationship with nature.

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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. 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.

Autor

Geoffrey L. Buckley is professor of geography at Ohio University. Yolonda Youngs is assistant professor in the department of global studies at Idaho State University.

Inhalt

Preface Craig E. Colten and Lary M. DilsaverIntroductionGeoffrey L. Buckley and Yolonda Youngs Part I: Nature Gone WildChapter 1: Toward a Historical Geography of Human-Invasive Species Relations: How Kudzu Came to Belong in the American SouthDerek H. AldermanChapter 2: Unruly Domestic Environments: Do-It-Yourself Pesticides, Gender, and Regulation in Post-World War II HomesDawn BiehlerChapter 3: From Noble Stag to Suburban Vermin: The Return of Deer to the Northeast United StatesBob WilsonPart II: Parks and RecreationChapter 4: Wild, Unpredictable, and Dangerous: A Historical Geography of Hazards and Risks in U.S. National ParksYolonda YoungsChapter 5: Migration and Social Justice in Wilderness CreationKatie Algeo and Collins EkeChapter 6: Racialized Assemblages and State Park Design in the Jim Crow SouthWilliam E. O’BrienChapter 7: Shredding Mountain Lines: GoPro, Mobility, and the Spatial Politics of Outdoor SportsAnnie Gilbert ColemanPart III: Living in the City Chapter 8: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Abandoned San Francisco Park PlanTerence YoungChapter 9: Inventing Phoenix: Land Use, Politics, and Environmental JusticeAbigail M. York and Christopher G. BooneChapter 10: Fresh Kills Landfill: Landscape to Wastescape to EcoscapeMartin V. MelosiPart IV: Transforming the EnvironmentChapter 11: Progressive Legacy: Fred Besley and the Rise of Professional Forestry in MarylandGeoffrey L. BuckleyChapter 12: Gold vs. Grain: Oblique Ecologies of Hydraulic Mining in CaliforniaGareth HoskinsChapter 13: Bridging the Florida Keys: Engineering an Environmental Transformation, 1904–1912K. Maria D. LaneChapter 14: Florida’s Springs: Growth, Tourism, and PoliticsChristopher F. MeindlPart V: Eye on NatureChapter 15: Reconsidering the Sublime: Images and Imaginative Geographies in American Environmental HistoryFinis DunawayChapter 16: American Environmental PhotographySteven HoelscherChapter 17: Environments of the ImaginationDydia DeLyserAfterwordWilliam Wyckoff

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 74 Illustrations including: - 72 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 2 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American South • city parks • Environmental Studies • environmental transformation • Geography of North America • Historical Geography • hydraulic mining • land use • National parks • public land • Research • scholarly • sports geography • State Parks
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6997-9 / 1442269979
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6997-2 / 9781442269972