Preface |
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European Exploration and the Colonial Era (1492--1770s) |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (2) |
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Domestication of the Land: From Wilderness to Farmland |
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6 | (2) |
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Early American and Canadian Forests |
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8 | (2) |
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European Exploitation and Mapping the Land |
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10 | (2) |
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Commodification of Nature: Export of Resources to the Old World |
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12 | (2) |
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Pre-Contact: Indigenous Populations in the United States and Canada |
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14 | (2) |
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Spanish in Florida and the Southwest |
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16 | (2) |
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New England Agrarian Commonwealths |
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18 | (2) |
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Chesapeake Bay Region: Early Tobacco South |
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20 | (2) |
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The Seigneurial System in New France |
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22 | (2) |
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Relationship to the Land: Indigenous and European Views |
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24 | (2) |
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Expansion and Conflict (1770s--1850s) |
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26 | (2) |
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Farming in Southern Ontario |
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28 | (2) |
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Plantation Economy and Labor in the U.S. South |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (2) |
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Extermination of the Buffalo |
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36 | (2) |
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Public Land Policies: The U.S. Experience |
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38 | (2) |
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Crown Land Policies: The Canadian Experience |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (2) |
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The Transportation Revolution |
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44 | (2) |
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Native Americans: Reservations and Relocations in the United States |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (2) |
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The Return to Nature: Transcendentalism and Utopian Communities |
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50 | (2) |
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Manifest Destiny and the Politics of U.S. Western Expansion |
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52 | (2) |
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Landscape of Industrialization (1850s--1920s) |
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54 | (2) |
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Agricultural Innovations and Technology |
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56 | (2) |
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The Frontier: Cattle Ranching |
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58 | (2) |
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Harvesting the Pacific Northwest Forests |
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60 | (2) |
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Rebirth of American Forests |
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62 | (2) |
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Exploitation of Raw Materials for Industry |
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64 | (2) |
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Gold and Silver Mining in the West |
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66 | (2) |
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The Impact of the Civil War |
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68 | (2) |
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Transcontinental Railroads |
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70 | (2) |
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Iron and Steel Production |
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72 | (2) |
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Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal in the United States |
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74 | (2) |
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Water Supply and Pollution in Canada |
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76 | (2) |
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Urbanization: Population Shifts and Migration Patterns |
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78 | (2) |
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The Built Environment in the City |
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80 | (2) |
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Social Darwinism and ``Survival of the Fittest'' in the United States |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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Romanticism of Nature: American and Canadian Writers and Artists |
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86 | (2) |
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The Conservation Era (1880s--1920s) |
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88 | (2) |
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Irrigation and Farming in the United States and Canada |
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90 | (2) |
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Forest Management: United States Forest Service |
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92 | (2) |
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Forest Management in Canada |
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94 | (2) |
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The Beginning of Wildlife Preservation in Canada |
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96 | (2) |
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Urban Parks and Landscape Architecture in the United States and Canada |
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98 | (2) |
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Winters v. U.S. and the Development of the Doctrine of Reserved Water Rights |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (2) |
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Petroleum and the Early Oil Industry |
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104 | (2) |
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Urban Smoke Pollution in the United States |
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106 | (2) |
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The Canadian Commission of Conservation: Urban Planning |
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108 | (2) |
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The U.S. Conservation Movement |
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110 | (2) |
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The Conservation Movement in Canada |
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112 | (2) |
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The Origin of the Preservation Movement in the United States |
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114 | (2) |
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The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909: An Expression of Progressivism |
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116 | (2) |
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From the Depression to Atomic Power (1930s--1960s) |
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118 | (2) |
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The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains |
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120 | (2) |
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Chemicalization of Agriculture in the United States |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (2) |
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Sustainable Forestry in British Columbia and Ontario |
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126 | (2) |
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Western Dams in the United States |
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128 | (2) |
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The Atom Bomb and Nuclear Power |
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130 | (2) |
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Consumer Goods: Plastics and Packaging |
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132 | (2) |
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The Evolution of Suburbia and the Federal Aid Highway Act |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (2) |
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U.S. Wilderness Recreation |
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138 | (2) |
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Rachel Carson and Silent Spring |
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140 | (2) |
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The Rise of the Environmental Movement (1960s--1980s) |
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142 | (2) |
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Population Growth and Consumption |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (2) |
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The Trans--Alaska Pipeline Dispute |
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148 | (2) |
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Canadian Dams and River Restorations |
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150 | (2) |
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Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Cleanup |
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152 | (2) |
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Contemporary Native American Land and Resource Rights in the United States |
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154 | (2) |
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The Energy Crisis and Nuclear Power |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (2) |
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Collapse of Inner Cities and Industrial Centers |
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160 | (2) |
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The Emergence of the U.S. Environmental Movement |
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162 | (2) |
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Pollution Probe: The Emergence of the Canadian Environmental Movement |
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164 | (2) |
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Environmental Diplomacy: The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement |
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166 | (2) |
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Anti-Environmentalism: The Sagebrush Rebellion |
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168 | (2) |
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Contemporary Environmentalism (1980s--Present) |
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170 | (2) |
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Alternative Agricultural Methods |
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172 | (2) |
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Sustainable Forestry in the United States |
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174 | (2) |
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Protecting Endangered Species and Habitats |
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176 | (2) |
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Canadian Fisheries: Loss of the Cod |
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178 | (2) |
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River Restoration in the United States |
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180 | (2) |
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Mississippi River Watershed |
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182 | (2) |
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Public Lands: The United States |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (2) |
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Industries and Regulatory Strategies |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (2) |
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Environmental Diplomacy: Canada, the United States, and Acid Rain |
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196 | (2) |
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NAFTA and Environmental Side Agreements |
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198 | (2) |
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Corporate ``Greenwashing'' |
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200 | (2) |
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Globalization: From Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg |
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202 | (2) |
Timeline |
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204 | (8) |
Bibliography |
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List of Contributors |
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232 | (2) |
Index |
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