Land Use, Environment, and Social Change: The Shaping of Island County, Washington - Hardcover

White, Richard

 
9780295996387: Land Use, Environment, and Social Change: The Shaping of Island County, Washington
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0295996382 ISBN 13: 9780295996387
Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2015

Synopsis

Whidbey and Camano, two of the largest of the numerous beautiful islands dotting Puget Sound, together form the major part of Island Country. Taking this county as a case study and following its history from Indian times to the present, Richard White explores the complex relationship between human induced environmental change and social change. This new edition of his classic study includes a new preface by the author and a foreword by William Cronon.

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Review

An example of environmental history at its best. . . . A fresh appraisal of human contact with the environment, with special attention to the apparent motives of each wave of settlement--Indians, farmers, loggers, tourists and sportsmen--and the consequences of that settlement.

--Journal of the West

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Publisher
University of Washington Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0295996382
ISBN 13 
9780295996387
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264

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