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  | | Nature's Metropolis(Reprint) Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 1992 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-30873-0, ISBN: 0-393-30873-1 "A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." ―Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston GlobeIn this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-cent ..." |
 | | Changes in the Land(Updated) Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon, John Demos, 20Th-Anniversary Edition Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-1634-1, ISBN: 0-8090-1634-6 "The book that launched environmental history now updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demo ..." |
 | | Uncommon Ground(1st Edition) Rethinking the Human Place in Nature by William Cronon Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 1996 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31511-0, ISBN: 0-393-31511-8 "A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls through the Nature Company ..." |
 | | Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country(Reprint) (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Marsha L. Weisiger, William Cronon Paperback, 418 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99141-2, ISBN: 0-295-99141-0 "2011 Winner of the Hal K. Rothman Award for the Best Book on Western Environmental History2010 Winner of the Norris and Carol Hundley Prize and the Caroline Bancroft Honor Prize2009 Winner of the Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award sponsored by the Historical Society of New MexicoDreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country offers a fresh interpretation of the history of Navajo (Diné) pastoralism. The dramatic reduction of livestock on the Navajo Res ..." |
 | | Under an Open Sky(1st Edition) Rethinking America's Western Past by Etc. William Cronon, Jay Gitlin, George A. Miles, William Cronan, George Jay, Miles Jay Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1993 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31063-4, ISBN: 0-393-31063-9 |
 | | Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts(Updated) Transforming Visions of the American West by Professor Jules David Prown, Nancy K. Anderson, William Cronon, Professor Howard R. Lamar, Professor Brian W. Dippie, Martha A. Sandweiss, Susan Prendergast Schoelwer, Ms. Susan... Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1994 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-05731-7, ISBN: 0-300-05731-8 "A common theme of western American art--from the depictions of Indians by early explorers to the monumental landscapes of Albert Bierstadt to the vibrant images of Georgia O'Keeffe--is the transformation of the land through European-American exploration and resettlement. In this handsome book, leading authorities look at western American art of the past three centuries, reevaluating it from the perspectives of history, art history, and ..." |
 | | How to Read the American West(1st Edition) A Field Guide (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Professor William Wyckoff, William Cronon Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99351-5, ISBN: 0-295-99351-0 "From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known to residents and travelers alike. But in How to Read the American West, William Wyckoff introduces readers anew to these familiar landscapes. A geographer and an accomplished photographer, Wyckoff offers a fresh perspective on the natural and human history of the American West and encourages r ..." |
 | | Tangled Roots(Reprint) The Appalachian Trail and American Environmental Politics (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Sarah L. Mittlefehldt, William Cronon Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99430-7, ISBN: 0-295-99430-4 "The Appalachian Trail, a thin ribbon of wilderness running through the densely populated eastern United States, offers a refuge from modern society and a place apart from human ideas and institutions. But as environmental historian―and thru-hiker―Sarah Mittlefehldt argues, the trail is also a conduit for community engagement and a model for public-private cooperation and environmental stewardship.In Tangled Roots, Mittlefehldt tells the ..." |
 | | Changes in the Land(Updated) Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 1983 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-0158-3, ISBN: 0-8090-0158-6 "In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land, provides a brilliant inter-disciplinary interpretation of how land and ..." |
 | | The Fishermen's Frontier(1st Edition) People and Salmon in Southeast Alaska by David F. Arnold, William Cronon Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98788-0, ISBN: 0-295-98788-X "In The Fishermen's Frontier, David Arnold examines the economic, social, cultural, and political context in which salmon have been harvested in southeast Alaska over the past 250 years. The book is about Native and Euro-American fishermen, local fishing communities, industrialists, and resource managers and the ways in which these various groups have imagined, shaped, exploited, and managed the salmon fishery and its resources, arrangin ..." |
 | | Remembering Ahanagran(1st Edition) A History of Stories by Richard White . Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98355-4, ISBN: 0-295-98355-8 |
 | | Irrigated Eden The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Mark Fiege, William Cronon, Fiece Mark Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98013-3, ISBN: 0-295-98013-3 "Irrigation came to the arid West in a wave of optimism about the power of water to make the desert bloom. Mark Fiege's fascinating and innovative study of irrigation in southern Idaho's Snake River valley describes a complex interplay of human and natural systems. Using vast quantities of labor, irrigators built dams, excavated canals, laid out farms, and brought millions of acres into cultivation. But at each step, nature rebounded and ..." |
 | | Man and Nature(Reprint) Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) by George Perkins Marsh, David Lowenthal, William Cronon Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98316-5, ISBN: 0-295-98316-7 "In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse of the environment. By deforesting their hillsides and eroding their soils, they had destroyed the natural fertility that sustained their we ..." |
 | | Frank Lloyd Wright(1st Edition) Architect by Gwendolyn Wright, Anthony Alofskin, William Cronon, Peter Reed, Kenneth Frampton, Terence Riley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Terrence Riley, Richard E. Oldenburg, Contributor-Frank... Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2002 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-642-4, ISBN: 0-87070-642-X "From the turn of the century until his death in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright produced a virtually uninterrupted stream of projects that defined and redefined the American architectural vision. The most comprehensive summary and appraisal of Wright's achievement ever assembled, with nearly 500 illustrations, including 190 in color, this volume presents an impressive array of works: single family houses that provided images and models for gen ..." |
 | | Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts(1st Edition) Transforming Visions of the American West by Professor Jules David Prown, Nancy K. Anderson, William Cronon, Professor Brian W. Dippie, Martha A. Sandweiss, Professor Howard R. Lamar, Susan P. Schoelwer Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1992 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-05722-5, ISBN: 0-300-05722-9 "A common theme of western American art--from the depictions of Indians by early explorers to the monumental landscapes of Albert Bierstadt to the vibrant images of Georgia O'Keeffe--is the transformation of the land through European-American exploration and resettlement. In this handsome book, leading authorities look at western American art of the past three centuries, reevaluating it from the perspectives of history, art history, and ..." |
 | | Vacationland(1st Edition) Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by William Philpott, William Cronon Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99273-0, ISBN: 0-295-99273-5 "Mention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail. But not so long ago, the high country was isolated and little visited. Vacationland tells the story of the region's dramatic transformation in the decades after World War II, when a loose coalition of tourist boosters fashioned alluring images of nature in th ..." |
 | | The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846(Reprint) The American Southwest Under Mexico (Histories of the American Frontier Series) by David J. Weber, William Cronon, Howard R. Lamar, Series Editor... Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-0603-6, ISBN: 0-8263-0603-9 "The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from ..." |
 | | Native Seattle(2nd Edition) Histories from the Crossing-Over Place, Second Edition (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Coll Thrush, William Cronon Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74133-8, ISBN: 0-295-74133-3 "This updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of a multi-tribal urban community, as well as the role Native Americans have played in the narrative of Seatt ..." |
 | | Native Seattle(2nd Edition) Histories from the Crossing-Over Place, Second Edition (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Coll-Peter Thrush, William Cronon Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74134-5, ISBN: 0-295-74134-1 "This updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of a multi-tribal urban community, as well as the role Native Americans have played in the narrative of Seatt ..." |
 | | Behind the Curve(Reprint) Science and the Politics of Global Warming (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Joshua P. Howe, William Cronon Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-99560-1, ISBN: 0-295-99560-2 "In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of research, however, our global society has yet to find real solutions to the problem of global warming. Why? In Behind the Curve, Joshua Howe attempts to answ ..." |
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