Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: In the pages that follow I will explore three related themes.The first is the traditions of environmental history as practiced over the past 40 years in the USA.The second is the impact upon those traditions of the concept of the Anthropocene.And third is the current situation in the USA with respect to environmental history.I write for audiences that are unfamiliar with these subjects. THE TRADITIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN THE USAEnvironmental history in the USA originated as a self-conscious academic field in the 1970s.It resulted partly from the zeitgeist of that decade, with its surge in popular environmentalism around the world, including in the USA.But it also arose from the initiative of specific individuals who shared in this zeitgeist and determined that they would pioneer a perspective on history that emphasized aspects of the 1 Ph.D.
Author: John McNeil
Institution: Georgetown University
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2953368320