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  • Between Contacts and Colonies

    Archaeological Perspectives on the Protohistoric Southeast

    This collection of essays brings together diverse approaches to the analysis of Native American culture in the protohistoric periodFor most Native American peoples of the Southeast, almost two centuries passed between first contact with European explorers in the 16th century and colonization by whites in the 18th century—a temporal span commonly referred to as the Protohistoric period. A recent ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Archaeology of Louisiana

    Edited by Mark A. Rees ...
    Archaeology of Louisiana provides a groundbreaking and up-to-date overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, including a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from the Native Americans of 13,000 years ago to the modern historical archaeology of New Orleans. With eighteen chapters and twenty-seven distinguished contributors, Archaeology of Louisiana brings ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Mannahatta

    A Natural History of New York City

    What did New York look like four centuries ago? An extraordinary reconstruction of a wild island from the forests of Times Square to the wetlands downtown.Named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal , New York Magazine , and San Francisco ChronicleOn September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it's difficult to imagine what he saw, but for ... Read more

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  • King Sequoia

    The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature

    A naturist and historian for the National Parks Service offers a lively history of the giant sequoias of California and the love of nature they inspired.Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of some of the world's largest and oldest trees in a narrative that travels deep into the Sierra Nevada mountains, across the American West, and all the way to New Zealand. Along the way, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gotham Unbound

    The Ecological History of Greater New York

    by Ted Steinberg ...
    **Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award for US HistoryA “fascinating, encyclopedic history…of greater New York City through an ecological lens” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)—the sweeping story of one of the most man-made spots on earth.**Gotham Unbound recounts the four-century history of how hundreds of square miles of open marshlands became home to six percent of the nation’s population. Ted ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Bayou Built

    The Legacy of Louisiana's Historic Architecture

    by Peter Mires ...
    Louisiana, the Bayou State, is famous for many things, including savory cuisine, great music, and a resident population whose mantra is laissez les bons temps roulerlet the good times roll! The place is also noted for its historic architecture, which ranges from simple forms such as the shotgun house or the Creole cottage to the celebrated plantation homes along the River Road.Bayou Built: The ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Making of America's Culture Regions

    This outstanding text provides students with the essential foundation in the historical geography of the United States. Distinguished scholar Richard L. Nostrand skillfully synthesizes decades of historical geography research in an engaging and thought-provoking overview. His regional geography framework emphasizes the three themes central to cultural geography—cultural ecology, cultural diffusion ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • American Environmental History

    An Introduction

    Series series Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures
    By studying the many ways diverse peoples have changed, shaped, and conserved the natural world over time, environmental historians provide insight into humanity's unique relationship with nature and, more importantly, are better able to understand the origins of our current environmental crisis. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with our twenty ... Read more

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  • The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America (Second)

    Brought up to date with the latest research, The Moundbuilders is the definitive visual guide to North America’s eastern region and the societies that forever changed its landscape.Hailed by Bruce D. Smith, curator of North American archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution, as “without question the best available book on the pre-Columbian . . . societies of eastern North America,” this wide ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture

    Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast

    Series series Environmental History and the American South
    An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast.One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so ... Read more

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  • House of Lost Worlds

    Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth

    This fascinating book tells the story of how one museum changed ideas about dinosaurs, dynasties, and even the story of life on earth. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, has remade the way we see the world. Delving into the museum’s storied and colorful past, award-winning author Richard Conniff introduces a cast of bold explorers, roughneck bone ... Read more

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  • Aztalan

    Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town

    Aztalan has remained a mystery since the early nineteenth century when it was discovered by settlers who came to the Crawfish River, fifty miles west of Milwaukee. Who were the early indigenous people who inhabited this place? When did they live here? Why did they disappear?Birmingham and Goldstein attempt to unlock some of the mysteries, providing insights and information about the group of ... Read more

    $10.69 USD