TY - BOOK AU - Black,Brian TI - Nature and the environment in nineteenth-century American life SN - 0313332010 (hbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Human ecology KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Nature KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index; 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 ER -