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The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
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by Dan L. Flores
Sales Rank: 750186
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Discount: 22 %
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 285 pages
Published by: University of Oklahoma Press March 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0806135379
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0806135373
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
Book Description
In "The Natural West," Dan Flores asserts that western environmental history cannot be explained by looking at 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.
About The Author
Dan Flores is the A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including "Horizontal Yellow: Nature and History in the Near Southwest."
Reader Reviews
Dan Flores picks up where he left off in Caprock Canyonlands and Horizontal Yellow to give an overview of the state of bioregional history in the American West, followed by some chapters applying those latest findings and approaches to some specific times and places. There's a lot to learn here. Flores puts "paid" to the Roussellian "eco-noble savage" idea of Paul Shepard. In Exhibit A, he notes how the Comanche, after becoming (allowing themselves to be?) co-opted by the global market, were exerting their own downward pressure on bison numbers. He shows how sociocultural history and ecohistory meet in forming bioregionalism by documenting Utah Mormons' high hostility to environmentalism. In doing so, he nuances Powell's high praise for the environmental standards of Mormon communal development in the 19th century. He talks about the southern Plains, Texas' Caprock, in a way that you too will lament there being no National Park there. All of this done in an easy to read style. One complaint: The title "The Natural West" is a bit misleading. After discussing how "the West" is actually composed of several dozen bioregions, Flores basically ignores anything west of the Rockies -- the Great Basin, Sonoran, Mohave and Upper Basin/Northwest deserts, the Sierras, Southern and Northern Cascades, and the various sections of Pacific Coast. With that allowance, it's a great book.
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