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Fleeting moments : nature and culture in American history / Gunther Barth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barth, Gunther Paul, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human beings--Effect of environment on--United States--History.
- Human beings.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--History.
- Nature.
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A look at the relationship between nature and culture in American history to 1900, from the search for the Northwest Passage, through the expedition of Lewis and Clark, to a final section showing how nature was adapted to urban settings such as Central Park.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: On Nature's Edge; TWO: On Culture's Edge; THREE: Engineering Nature-Engineering Culture; FOUR: Epilogue; Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-215) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771307-6
- 1-280-52465-0
- 0-19-536267-5
- OCLC:
- 191943449
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