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[http://www.eoearth.org/article/Paleoindians_and_the_great_pleistocene_die-off Another account of megafauna extinctions] | [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Paleoindians_and_the_great_pleistocene_die-off Another account of megafauna extinctions] | ||
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| + | == Histories of Environmental Movement == | ||
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| + | ''Robert Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement'' (1993) | ||
| + | [http://zena.secureforum.com/Znet/ZMag/articles/sept94chase.htm Review] of Gottlieb book that tells alternative history of the environmental movement. | ||
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| + | ''American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990'' / edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Published Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, c1992 (provides a succinct conventional overview of U.S. environmental movement in introductory chapter) | ||
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| + | Philip Shabecoff, ''A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement'', Island Press; Revised Edition, 2003 | ||
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| + | [http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/ca-hist.html California Environmental History bibliography] | ||
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| + | [http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/us-hist.html US Environmental History bibliography] | ||
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| + | One of the early debates about the environment was between Preservationists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir John Muir] and Conservationists such as [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/pinchot/page1.asp?secid=31 Gifford Pinchot] is explored in the video The Wilderness Idea, which can be found at McHenry Library (ask for VT2197) [http://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-59 Discussion of the evolution of the term "conservation"] | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 26 December 2008
Understanding the past to know the way forward.
Collapse by Jared Diamond, (celebrated author of Guns, Germs and Steel) seeks to understand why so many civilizations have been unable to avoid destroying the environment they depended upon. In this selection he summaries the reasons, which may also be involved in your issue. TEDtalk video
California History
A history of California counties.
Californiahistory.com is absolutely devoted to the history of California. General and more difficult to search for details about one place.
Links to popular California history sites (e.g., railroads, museums)
History of the county of Los Angeles (not just the city--the entire county)
History and nostalgia, for historic minded.
Native Americans
Charles Mann, author of 1491(book exploration on how Native Americans used the land) has also written about interactions between colonists and Native peoples.
Another account of megafauna extinctions
Histories of Environmental Movement
Robert Gottlieb, Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement (1993) Review of Gottlieb book that tells alternative history of the environmental movement.
American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990 / edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig. Published Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, c1992 (provides a succinct conventional overview of U.S. environmental movement in introductory chapter)
Philip Shabecoff, A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement, Island Press; Revised Edition, 2003
California Environmental History bibliography
US Environmental History bibliography
One of the early debates about the environment was between Preservationists such as John Muir and Conservationists such as Gifford Pinchot is explored in the video The Wilderness Idea, which can be found at McHenry Library (ask for VT2197) Discussion of the evolution of the term "conservation"
Articles in category "History"
The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
