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Fiege, Mark.

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The republic of nature : = an environmental history of the United States /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The republic of nature :/ Mark Fiege.
Reminder of title:	an environmental history of the United States /
Author:	Fiege, Mark.
Published:	Seattle, Wash. :University of Washington Press, : ©2012.,
Description:	xii, 584 p. :ill., plans ;23 cm.
Subject:	Human ecology - History. - United States -
Subject:	United States - Economic policy - 1981-1993 -
ISBN:	9780295991672

The republic of nature : = an environmental history of the United States /
Fiege, Mark.

The republic of nature :an environmental history of the United States /Mark Fiege. - Seattle, Wash. :University of Washington Press,©2012. - xii, 584 p. :ill., plans ;23 cm. - Weyerhaeuser environmental books. - Weyerhaeuser environmental book.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-556) and index.

Environmental history comes of age /William Cronon --Foreword :

"In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light.

ISBN: 9780295991672

LCCN: 2011035457Subjects--Topical Terms:

652275
Human ecology
--History.--United StatesSubjects--Geographical Terms:

554129
United States
--Economic policy--1981-1993

LC Class. No.: GF503 / .F54 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 304.20973

The republic of nature : = an environmental history of the United States /
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504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-556) and index.
505 0 0 $g Foreword : $t Environmental history comes of age / $r William Cronon -- $t Land of Lincoln -- $t Satan in the land : nature, the supernatural, and disorder in colonial New England -- $t By the laws of nature and of nature's God: Declaring American independence -- $t King cotton: the cotton plant and southern slavery -- $t Nature's nobleman: Abraham Lincoln and the improvement of America -- $t The nature of Gettysburg: environmental history and the Civil War -- $t Iron horses: nature and the building of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad -- $t Atomic sublime: toward a natural history of the bomb -- $t The road to Brown v. Board: an environmental history of the col. line -- $t It's a gas: the United States and the oil shock of 1973-1974 -- $t Paths that beckon.
520 $a "In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light.
520 $a Among the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile thediversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of liberty. Abraham Lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the Union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement. In Topeka, Kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education.
520 $a By focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the United States, Fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded. In these p., the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come tolife as never before, making a once-familiar past seem new. The Republic of Nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the American experience."--Pub. desc.
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