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Environment / Martin Melosi, volume editor.
LIBRA F209 .N47 2006 v.8
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 8.
- The new encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental conditions.
- Southern States--Environmental conditions--Encyclopedias.
- Southern States.
- Environmental policy--Southern States--Encyclopedias.
- Southern States--Description and travel--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- From semitropical coastal areas to high mountain terrain, from swampy lowlands to modern cities, the environment holds a fundamental importance in shaping the character of the American South. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture surveys the dynamic environmental forces that have shaped human culture in the region-and the ways humans have shaped their environment. Articles examine how the South's ecology, physiography, and climate have influenced southerners-not only as a daily fact of life but also as a metaphor for understanding culture and identity.
- This volume includes ninety-eight essays that explore-both broadly and specifically-elements of the southern environment. Thematic overviews address subjects such as plants, animals, energy use and development, and natural disasters. Shorter topical entries feature familiar species such as the alligator, the ivory-billed woodpecker, kudzu, and the mockingbird. Also covered are important individuals in southern environmental history and prominent places in the landscape, such as the South's national parks and seashores. New articles cover contemporary issues in land use and conservation, environmental protection, and the current status of the flora and fauna widely associated with the South.
- Contents:
- Environment 1
- Animals 21
- Aquatic Life, Freshwater 29
- Birds and Birding 36
- Climate and Weather 39
- Coastal Marshes 43
- Dams 45
- Endangered Species 47
- Energy Use and Development 54
- Environmental Justice 58
- Environmental Movements 62
- Flood Control and Drainage 70
- Forests 74
- Gardens and Gardening 78
- Indians and the Environment 83
- Insects 85
- Invasive and Alien Species (Floral and Faunal) 89
- Land Use 93
- Marine Environment, Fish and Fisheries 96
- Natural Disasters 98
- Natural Resources 102
- Naturalists 104
- Parks and Recreation Areas 110
- Plants 113
- Plant Uses 116
- Pollution 119
- Reclamation and Irrigation 123
- Rivers and Lakes 128
- Roads and Trails 134
- Shellfish 138
- Soil and Soil Conservation 141
- Streams and Steamboats 147
- Swamps 150
- Tennessee Valley Authority 154
- Trees 159
- Water Use 161
- Wetlands 169
- Air-Conditioning 175
- Alligators and Crocodiles 179
- Anderson, Walter Inglis 180
- Appalachian Coal Region 181
- Appalachian Mountains 184
- Armadillo 183
- Assateague Island National Seashore 186
- Atchafalaya Basin Swamp 188
- Audubon, John James 189
- Azaleas 190
- Bartram, William 191
- Big Bend National Park 194
- Big Thicket 196
- Biscayne National Park 197
- Blue Ridge Mountains 199
- Cancer Alley (Louisiana) 202
- Cape Lookout National Seashore 203
- Catfish 204
- Chesapeake Bay 206
- Cumberland Island and Little Cumberland Island 208
- Cypress 210
- Dogwood, Flowering 211
- Dry Tortugas 213
- Florida Everglades 214
- Florida Keys 217
- Florida Panther 218
- Galveston Bay 220
- Great Smoky Mountains 221
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park 223
- Homer, Winslow 226
- Hot Springs National Park 227
- Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 229
- Kudzu 230
- Lightwood 232
- Live Oak 233
- Magnolia 235
- Mammoth Cave National Park 236
- Mississippi River 239
- Mockingbird 241
- Muhammad, Benjamin Franklin Chavis 242
- Muir, John 243
- Natchez Trace 245
- Nuclear Pollution 246
- Odum, Eugene P. 248
- Offshore Oil Industry 249
- Oil Pollution 251
- Okefenokee Swamp 255
- Opossum ("Possum") 256
- Outer Banks 259
- Ozarks 260
- Padre Island National Seashore 262
- Palm Trees 264
- Persimmon 265
- Red River Expedition 266
- Rio Grande 267
- Sassafras 269
- Shenandoah Valley 270
- Spanish Moss 272
- Tellico Dam 273
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 274
- Warren County, N.C. 275
- Wilson Dam 276.
- Notes:
- "Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780807831700
- 0807831700
- 9780807858561
- 0807858560
- OCLC:
- 171056494
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