American Environmental History
by Dan Allosso
Publisher: Pressbooks 2018
ISBN-13: 9781981731732
Number of pages: 268
Description:
This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, from prehistory to the present.
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