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Green versus gold :

Green versus gold : sources in California's environmental history / edited by Carolyn Merchant. - Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (xxii, 489 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

California's natural environment -- Indian lands -- The Spanish and Russian frontiers -- Environmental impacts of the Gold Rush -- Forests transformed -- Rangelands exploited -- Building the hydraulic empire -- From the family farm to agribusiness -- Preserving parks -- Battles over energy -- Second nature : California cities -- The rise of environmental science -- Revisioning California -- Conclusion.

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Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

ISBN: 1423707796 9781423707790 1610912756 9781610912754

Source: 1049863 MIL

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human ecology--History.--California
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.
NATURE--Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Green Business.
Ecology.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Environmental conditions--History.
California.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: GE155.C2 / G74 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 333.7/09794

National Agricultural Library Call No.: GE155.C2G74 / 1998