The nature of New York
Subtitle: an environmental history of the Empire State
By: David Stradling.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801445101
Subjects: Human ecology -- New York (State) -- History; Environmentalism -- New York (State) -- History; New York (State) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: This comes of settling a country : European colonization and the market's arrival; title: This wilderness becomes a fertile plain : engineering the Empire State; title: We are still in Eden : romanticism, tourism, and the power of culture; title: Tainted and unwholesome atmospheres : urban environments, government, and reform; title: A sound conservation program : Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and the power of individuals; title: Tracing man's progress in making the planet uninhabitable : environmental interest groups and postwar threats; title: We live in this filth : the urban crisis, environmental justice, and threats from beyond; title: Epilogue : finding places in history.