Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents (Hardcover )

Chris J Magoc

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Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents Book Description

Controversy surrounding environmental issues is not a recent development in American history. Since the time of the early settlers, issues concerning the environment have plagued certain groups of Americans. In this exhaustively researched study, primary documents support different sides of various questions, such as the use of water as an energy source, deforestation, gold mining in California, and the emergence of wildlife conservation. High school and college students will not only find this book extremely comprehensive, but will also find its heated discussions exceptionally engaging. Some of the major topics covered include: BLDifferences between the way Native Americans and early settlers treated the land BLThe Land Ordinance of 1785 BLThomas Jefferson's views about the land BLThe commercial progress of New England river valleys BLAct establishing the Adirondack Forest Preserve in 1885 BLTheodore Roosevelt's thoughts on forest conservation BLThe pros and cons of hydraulic gold mining BLThe near-extinction of the North American bison BLThe Lacey Act Magoc's book will prove an essential asset for all American history students.

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Chris J Magoc has contributed to Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents as an author. CHRIS J. MAGOC is Associate Professor of History at Mercyhurst College. From his childhood in Tarentum, PA, to his work in the 1980s with conservation organizations in the West, to his current leadership of the Mercyhurst College "Green Team," Magoc has had a life-long passion for environmental issues. He is the author of Yellowstone: The Creation and Selling of An American Landscape, 1870-1903 and So Glorious a Landscape: Nature and the Environment in American History and Culture.

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Title:	Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents
Publisher:	Greenwood Press
Author:	Chris J Magoc
Edition:	Hardcover
Language:	English
ISBN:	0313322082
EAN:	9780313322082
No. of Pages:	328
Publish Date:	2006-04-30
Binding:	Hardcover

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