Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History

Table of contents

• Down to Earth *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Down to Earth *
• Prologue - Rocks and History 2
• Part One - Chaos to Simplicity 9
• 1 - Wilderness Under Fire 11
• 2 - A Truly New World 21
• 3 - Reflections from a Woodlot 39
• Part Two - Rationalization and Its Discontents 53
• 4 - A World of Commodities 55
• 5 - King Climate in Dixie 71
• 6 - The Great Food Fight 89
• 7 - Extracting the New South 99
• 8 - The Unforgiving West 116
• 9 - Conservation Reconsidered 138
• 10 - Death of the Organic City 157
• Part Three - Consuming Nature 173
• 11 - Moveable Feast 175
• 12 - The Secret History of Meat 190
• 13 - America in Black and Green 206
• 14 - Throwaway Society 226
• 15 - Shades of Green 239
• 16 - Planet U.S.A. 262
• Conclusion - Disney Takes on the Animal Kingdom 282
• Notes 287
• Bibliography 311
• Index 333

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