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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowdrey, Albert E., author.

Series:

New perspectives on the South.

New Perspectives on the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Southern States--History.

Human ecology.

Southern States--Description and travel.

Southern States.

Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 persistent search for knowledge and wisdom. It is a story whose villains were also its victims and sometimes its heroes. Ancient forces created the southern landscape, but, as Albert E. Cowdrey shows, humankind from the time of earliest habitation has been at work reshaping it. The southern Indians, far from being the ""natural ecologists"" of myth, radically transformed their environment by hunting and

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to the Revised Edition; Introduction; 1 Isolation and Upheaval; 2 The Problem of Survival; 3 The Uses of the Wild; 4 The Row-Crop Empire; 5 Exploitation Limited; 6 Exploitation Unlimited; 7 Conserve and Develop; 8 The Transformation Begins; 9 South into Sunbelt; 10 Myth and Dream: An Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; 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; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4916-9