By Louis S. Warren
ISBN-10: 0631228632
ISBN-13: 9780631228639
ISBN-10: 0631228640
ISBN-13: 9780631228646
- Introduces scholars to the main intriguing scholarship and writing near to environmental background within the United States.
- Contains basic files that illustrate the stipulations, belief, and impacts of environmental concerns from the pre-Columbian period to the present.
- Subjects comprise the altering American panorama, soil epidemics, waste disposal, commercial improvement, conservation, and the environmental movement.
- Includes an article creation, headnotes, and proposals for extra reading.
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