This Land, This South : an Environmental History (New Perspectives on the South) - Hardcover

Cowdrey, Albert E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813119332 ISBN 13: 9780813119335

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1995

Synopsis

Recounts the story of the long interaction between humans, land, and climate in the American South. Topics range from Native American and colonial survival to the row-crop empire to today's conservation and development efforts. This new edition (first, 1983) contains an expanded bibliographical note and some updated text. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review

"If one's spirit is bound to the land in some southern past, this book will stir deep feeling." -- "Georgia Historical Quarterly"

"In this history, revised from a 1983 version, Albert Cowdrey fills a gap in the environmental history of the Americas." -- "Mississippi Quarterly"

"Cowdrey's excellent history of southern society and the southern environment affirms the importance of understanding the ways in which humans interact with their environment. This books is a must-read for students of southern history." -- "Southern Historian"

"A clear and pungent environmental history that has long been needed.... Should become the standard environmental history of the region." -- "American Historical Review"

"If one's spirit is bound to the land in some southern past, this book will stir deep feeling." -- Georgia Historical Quarterly

"In this history, revised from a 1983 version, Albert Cowdrey fills a gap in the environmental history of the Americas." -- Mississippi Quarterly

"Cowdrey's excellent history of southern society and the southern environment affirms the importance of understanding the ways in which humans interact with their environment. This books is a must-read for students of southern history." -- Southern Historian

"A clear and pungent environmental history that has long been needed.... Should become the standard environmental history of the region." -- American Historical Review

-If one's spirit is bound to the land in some southern past, this book will stir deep feeling.- -- Georgia Historical Quarterly

-In this history, revised from a 1983 version, Albert Cowdrey fills a gap in the environmental history of the Americas.- -- Mississippi Quarterly

Synopsis

Recounts the story of the long interaction between humans, land, and climate in the American South. Topics range from Native American and colonial survival to the row-crop empire to today's conservation and development efforts. This new edition (first, 1983) contains an expanded bibliographical note and some updated text. Paper edition (unseen), $1

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0813119332
• ISBN 13: 9780813119335
• Binding: Hardcover