Black, Brian,  1966- <br/><br/>
Nature and the environment in nineteenth-century American life / 
Brian Black 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Greenwood Press,  2006. 
 - xvi, 239 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - The Greenwood Press'Daily life through history' series,  1080-4749 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index 
<br/><br/>Expanding colonial systems -- Variations on the agricultural ideal -- Technology leads the day -- Corridors of trade -- Speaking for nature -- Civil War -- The ethics of extraction -- Factories in the field -- Cities and worker reform -- Prioritizing nature 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313332010 (hbk.)  RM170.33 9780313332012 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human ecology--History--United States--19th century<br/>Nature--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--19th century