Americans and Their Land
Subtitle: The House Built on Abundance
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: July 24, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780472115563
Subjects: American history; Management of land & natural resources; United States - 19th Century; Land tenure; History; United States - General; Science; History - U.S.; United States; Science/Mathematics; USA; Land use; Environmental Science; Human Geography; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; United States - 20th Century; Democracy
Description: Americans and Their Land describes the fantastic abundance of resources that met European colonists in North America; fueled rapid American growth; and shaped the U.S. government and its social and economic policies.  The book then asks what happens to our Democracy as resources dwindle and our population continually expands.