Title: Northeast and midwest United States : an environmental history /
Authors: Cumbler, John T.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Human ecology Northeastern States History.; Human ecology Middle West History.; Nature Effect of human beings on Northeastern States.; Nature Effect of human beings on Middle West.; Northeastern States Environmental conditions.; Middle West Environmental conditions.
Abstract: An engaging, personalized look at the interplay between people and nature in the northeastern and midwestern United States, from prehistory to the present.
Contents: The people and place before Columbus -- First encounters -- Goods, trade, mills, and dams -- Moving west, the interior -- Mills, towns, and cities -- Pollution and health -- Protecting the place.