| The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains Contributor(s): Flores, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806135379 ISBN-13: 9780806135373 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 Annotation: In The Natural West, Dan Flores asserts that western environmental history cannot be explained by examining place, culture, or policy alone but should be understood within the context of a universal human nature. In this thought-provoking collection of essays. Flores intersperses scientific theory, literature, and personal reflection to explain many of our attitudes toward the environment. Topics range from animals and exploration to the environmental histories of particular western bioregions and, finally, to western restoration as the great environmental theme of the twenty-first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Resources - History | United States - General - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 333.709 |
| LCCN: 00047962 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.04" W x 9.42" (1.05 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Natural West offers essays reflecting the natural history of the American West as written by one of its most respected environmental historians. Developing a provocative theme, Dan Flores asserts that Western environmental history cannot be explained by examining place, culture, or policy alone, but should be understood within the context of a universal human nature. The Natural West entertains the notion that we all have a biological nature that helps explain some of our attitudes towards the environment. FLores also explains the ways in which various cultures-including the Comanches, New Mexico Hispanos, Mormons, Texans, and Montanans-interact with the environment of the West. Gracefully moving between the personal and the objective, Flores intersperses his writings with literature, scientific theory, and personal reflection. The topics cover a wide range-from historical human nature regarding animals and exploration, to the environmental histories of particular Western bioregions, and finally, to Western restoration as the great environmental theme of the twenty-first century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Flores, Dan: - Dan Flores is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West and The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. |