Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History (Columbia Northwest Classics)
These 24 essays, drawn from a symposium on Northwest environmental history held in Pullman, WA, in August 1996, address questions of how humans have adapted to and modified the environment of the Pacific Northwest. Contributors include historians, anthropologists, ethnoecologists, geographers, biologists, law professors, and well-known names such as Dan Flores, William Dietrich, William L. Land, and William G. Robbins. The interdisciplinary essays are divided in six sections introduced by a brief synopsis, which summarizes the authors' main points and places them in the context of the Pacific Northwest's bioregional history. The multiple points of view provoke questions and analytical thinking. Recommended for libraries with regional and environmental history collections.-Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley Coll., Mt. Carmel, ILCopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.