The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History

Carolyn Merchant

Paper, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11233-8
$27.00 / £16.00

May, 2002
Cloth, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11232-1
$75.00 / £44.00

Part I: Historical Overview: Topics and Themes

1. The American Environment and Native-European Encounters, 1000-1875

2. The New England Wilderness Transformed, 1600-1850

3. The Tobacco and Cotton south, 1600-1900

4. Nature and the Market Economy, 1750-1850

5. Western Frontiers: The Settlement of California and the Great Plains, 1820-1930

6. Urban Environments, 1850-1960

7. Conservation and Preservation, 1785-1950

8. Indian Land Policy, 1800-1990

9. The Rise of Ecology, 1890-1990

10. The Era of Environmentalism, 1940-2000

Part II: American Environmental History A to Z: Agencies, Concepts, Laws, and People

Part III: Chronology: An Environmental History Timeline

Part IV: Resource Guide

Visual Resources

Electronic Resources

Bibliographical Essay

Bibliography

Related Subjects

• American History
• Environmental Philosophy
• Environmental Sciences
• Reference

Series

• Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures

About the Author

Carolyn Merchant is the Chancellor’s Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several books including The Death of Nature, Ecological Revolutions, and Earthcare, and is a past-president of the American Society for Environmental History.

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