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.
Author: Dan Flores
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 10/20/2016
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.04w x 0.89d
ISBN13: 9780806135373
ISBN10: 0806135379
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Natural Resources
- History | United States | General
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General