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100 1 $aFiege, Mark.
245 14 $aThe republic of nature :$ban environmental history of the United States /$cMark Fiege.
260 $aSeattle :$bUniversity of Washington Press,$cc2012.
300 $axii, 584 p. :$bill., plans ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aWeyerhaeuser environmental books
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 509-556) and index.
505 00 $gForeword :$tEnvironmental history comes of age /$rWilliam Cronon --$tLand of Lincoln --$tSatan in the land : nature, the supernatural, and disorder in colonial New England --$tBy the laws of nature and of nature's God: Declaring American independence --$tKing cotton: the cotton plant and southern slavery --$tNature's nobleman: Abraham Lincoln and the improvement of America --$tThe nature of Gettysburg: environmental history and the Civil War --$tIron horses: nature and the building of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad --$tAtomic sublime: toward a natural history of the bomb --$tThe road to Brown v. Board: an environmental history of the color line --$tIt's a gas: the United States and the oil shock of 1973-1974 --$tPaths that beckon.
520 $a"In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new light.
520 $aAmong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of liberty. Abraham Lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the Union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement. In Topeka, Kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education.
520 $aBy focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the United States, Fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded. In these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem new. The Republic of Nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the American experience."--Pub. desc.
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