Losing Eden : An Environmental History of the American West.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (386 pages)
- Environment and Region in the American West Series .
- Environment and Region in the American West Series .
Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Nature of the West -- 1. Losing "Eden" -- 2. The West Transformed -- 3. Claiming and Taming the Land -- 4. The Great Barbecue -- 5. The Pivotal Decade -- 6. Conservation and Preservation -- 7. Roll On -- 8. Booming the West -- 9. Building Consensus -- 10. Environmental Backlash and the New West -- 11. The Last Frontier -- Epilogue -- Index.
Losing Eden traces the critical role the natural environment has played in the history and development of the American West by illustrating the many ways it both shapes and is shaped by the people who live there.
9781496236234
Human ecology-United States-History. West (U.S.) Environmental conditions-History.