The republic of nature: an environmental history of the United States

Foreword: Environmental History Comes of Age / William Cronort

Land of Lincoln

1. Satan in the Land: Nature, the Supernatural, and Disorder in Colonial "New England

2. By the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God: Declaring American Independence

3. King Cotton: The Cotton Plant and Southern Slavery

4. Nature's Nobleman: Abraham Lincoln and the Improvement of America

5. The Nature of Gettysburg: Environmental History and the Civil War

6. Iron Horses: Nature and the Building of the First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad

7. Atomic Sublime: Toward a Natural History of the Bomb

8. The Road to Brown V. Board: An Environmental History of the Color Line

9. It's a Gas: The United States and the Oil Shock of 1973-1974

Paths that Beckon

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Illustration Credits

Index

Foreword : Environmental history comes of age / William Cronon

Land of Lincoln

Satan in the land : nature, the supernatural, and disorder in colonial New England

By the laws of nature and of nature's God: Declaring American independence

King cotton: the cotton plant and southern slavery

Nature's nobleman: Abraham Lincoln and the improvement of America

The nature of Gettysburg: environmental history and the Civil War

Iron horses: nature and the building of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad

Atomic sublime: toward a natural history of the bomb

The road to Brown v. Board: an environmental history of the color line

It's a gas: the United States and the oil shock of 1973-1974

Paths that reckon.