American Environmental History: The Exploitation and Conservation of Natural Resources |
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Table of Contents | 6 |
1 | 19 |
Everyday Life and Revolutionary Developments | 50 |
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American Environmental History: The Exploitation and Conservation of Natural ... Joseph M. Petulla No preview available - 1977 |
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acres agricultural American areas automobile banks became began California canals cattle century cities coal colonies companies Conestoga wagon Congress conservation corn corporations cotton crops early eastern economic electric energy engine England English environmental farm farmers federal government fish forest gold grain headright system Homestead Act homesteading hundreds increased Indians industry iron irrigation Keweenaw Peninsula labor Lake Lake Superior later laws manufacturing markets mercantilist merchants miles millions mills mineral mining monopoly natural resources needed northern Ohio Ohio River oligopoly Pennsylvania Pinchot plantations planters plants plow political pollution preemption laws problems production profits protect public lands railroad regions reserves River Roosevelt settlement settlers social soil South southern speculators Spindletop steam steam engines steel supply Texas thousands timber tion tobacco trade transportation U.S. Forest Service U.S. Steel uranium utilized West western whale wheat wildlife