This land, this South : an environmental history / Albert E. Cowdrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowdrey, Albert E.

Series:

New perspectives on the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Southern States--History.

Human ecology.

History.

Southern States--Description and travel.

Southern States.

Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Summary:

An Environmental History.Here is the story of the long interaction between humans, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitation and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the search for knowledge and wisdom. It is a story whose villains were also its victims and sometimes its heroes.

Contents:

1 Isolation and Upheaval

2 The Problem of Survival

3 The Uses of the Wild

4 The Row-Crop Empire

5 Exploitation Limited

6 Conserve and Develop

7 The Transformation Begins

8 South to Sunbelt

9 Myth and Dream: An Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813119332

0813108519

OCLC:

32969382