| Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Contributor(s): Dunlap, Thomas (Author), Worster, Donald (Editor), Crosby, Alfred W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521651735 ISBN-13: 9780521651738 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Nature - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 508.09 |
| LCCN: 98-43736 |
| Series: Studies in Environment and History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Oceania - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a comparative history of the development of ideas about nature, particularly of the importance of native nature in the Anglo settler countries of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It examines the development of natural history, settlers' adaptations to the end of expansion, scientists' shift from natural history to ecology, and the rise of environmentalism. Addressing not only scientific knowledge but also popular issues from hunting to landscape painting, this book explores the ways in which English-speaking settlers looked at nature in their new lands. |