Northeast and Midwest United States : an environmental history /
John T. Cumbler.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
- xv, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
- ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies Series .
- Nature and human societies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and index.
The people and place before Columbus -- First encounters -- Goods, trade, mills, and dams -- Moving west: the interior -- Mills, towns, and cities -- Pollution and health -- Protecting the place.
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Human ecology--History.--Northeastern States Human ecology--History.--Middle West Nature--Effect of human beings on--Northeastern States. Nature--Effect of human beings on--Middle West.