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Rooted in the earth : reclaiming the African American environmental heritage /

With a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. The discussion shows that contemporary African American culture is usually seen as an urban culture, one that arose out of...

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Основен автор: Glave, Dianne D.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ℗♭2010.
Издание: 1st ed.
Предмети:
African Americans > History.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Ecology > United States.
Human beings > Effect of environment on > United States.
Environmentalism > United States.
Environmental justice > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
Environmental justice.
Environmentalism.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Indigenous peoples > Ecology.
United States > .
Electronic books.
History.
Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=332031
Подобни документи: Print version:: Rooted in the earth.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: people and currents
  • The Atlantic Ocean: currents of life and death
  • Topography: navigating the southern landscape
  • Religion: shouting in the woods
  • Resistance: rebellion, sustenance, and escape in the wilderness
  • Preservation: blending the practical and the purist
  • Conservation: an African legacy of working the land
  • Children: dreaming and danger in woods and fields
  • Nature study: observing, classifying, and utilizing the natural world
  • Women and gardening: a patch of her own
  • Environmental justice: free to breathe
  • Conclusion: heritage and the future.

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