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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/02%3A_Wilderness_and_Country_LifeIn this chapter we examine both the actions of nineteenth-century Americans with respect to the environment, and the ways their ideas about wilderness and life in rural America influenced those action...In this chapter we examine both the actions of nineteenth-century Americans with respect to the environment, and the ways their ideas about wilderness and life in rural America influenced those actions.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/04%3A_Treasures_UndergroundNatural resources have always been an important motivation for nations exploring the Americas. In this chapter we’ll explore the treasures Europeans and Americans found in the western hemisphere and t...Natural resources have always been an important motivation for nations exploring the Americas. In this chapter we’ll explore the treasures Europeans and Americans found in the western hemisphere and the ongoing search for resources.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/11%3A_Colonial_North_AmericaWho came to North America? What did they expect? What did they find? What did they do?
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/05%3A_Limits_to_GrowthAre human societies able to continue growing forever, or are there limits to the Earth’s carrying capacity?
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/09%3A_PrehistoryThis is the story of how people first reached the Americas and what they did when they got here. We’ll discuss the regular climate cycles that produce ice ages and the changes that result. We’ll disco...This is the story of how people first reached the Americas and what they did when they got here. We’ll discuss the regular climate cycles that produce ice ages and the changes that result. We’ll discover Beringia, where the ancestors of Native Americans lived for thousands of years. And we’ll talk about the first Americans.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/12%3A_Frontier_and_GridIn this chapter we explore the lure of the Western Frontier on colonists and early Americans, and how people began expanding westward from the initial European settlements in North America.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the...For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. 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.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/03%3A_Farmers_and_AgribusinessFarmers have been central to each of the periods we have covered in previous chapters. In this chapter, we focus on the farms themselves and look at how they have changed over time and what those chan...Farmers have been central to each of the periods we have covered in previous chapters. In this chapter, we focus on the farms themselves and look at how they have changed over time and what those changes might mean.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/13%3A_Transportation_RevolutionIn this chapter we examine technological changes that improved Americans’ ability to move people and goods, as well as the economic and political forces that helped shape the growth of transportation ...In this chapter we examine technological changes that improved Americans’ ability to move people and goods, as well as the economic and political forces that helped shape the growth of transportation networks.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/10%3A_RecontactThe cultures of the Americas developed separately from their Eurasian cousins for about 12,000 years. In this chapter we’ll explore what happened when Europeans discovered the Americas.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/National_History/American_Environmental_History_(Allosso)/Chapters/01%3A_City_LifeRapid growth stressed city environments, and growing cities made controversial claims on the environments outside the city limits. Some profited, and others worked to improve city life for everyone.
