Nature and the environment in nineteenth-century American life - Black, Brian, 1966- (Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006)
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index
Keywords: Human ecology -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nature -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century