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INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
A
Abbey, Edward, 201
Abilene, KS, 129–130
Addams, Jane, 157–159, 170
Adirondack Mountains, 62
Advertising, 180–182, 208, 222–223
African Americans, 256. See also Slavery; Slaves
in the South after Emancipation, 103, 104, 106, 115, 170
Agriculture, 39. See also Fruit; Irrigation; Plantations; Soil depletion; Soil erosion; specific crops
advantages of, in U.S., 4, 7
commercialization of, 48–50, 175, 177–183, 188–189
dryland, 134–136
federal policies toward, 59–60, 134, 136, 137, 187–188
Indian, 15–16
in New England, 15, 16, 26–27, 39–51
on outskirts of cities, 162–163, 178–179, 189
overseas, 266–267, 268–271
railroads and, 61, 101, 178
Air conditioning, 221
Air pollution, 222, 234, 251, 252
Alabama, 18, 83–86, 103, 106
Alaska, 236
Alexander, George, 258–259
Algonquian Indians, 17, 28
Altamaha River, 76
Amazon region, 262, 272–273
American Revolution, 45
American River, 120
Amherst, Gen. Jeffrey, 28
Amoebic dysentery, 25
Animal Kingdom, 283–284
Anthropocentrism, xi, 141
Antibiotics, 195–196, 202, 203
Anti-unionism, 198, 203
Appalachia, 113–115, 242
Apples, 45
Apricots, 183
Arizona, 146–147. See also Grand Canyon
Arkansas, 18, 97, 203
Armour company, 192
Assembly lines, 191. See also “Disassembly lines”
Atlanta, GA, 157
Atlantic Ocean, 22, 170
Atomic Energy Commission, 264
Audubon Society, 246, 253
Automobiles, xi, 163, 206–213, 273. See also Gasoline; Roads; Tires
emissions from, 206, 208, 209–210, 211, 275–276
and mass transit, 210–217
planned obsolescence of, 208–209, 226
public–policy encouragement of, 212–217
B
Babesiosis (Texas fever), 86, 109
Baby boom, 217
Badlands, 132–133, 138
Baldwin Hills Village, 213
Baltimore, MD, 74, 157, 162, 165
Bananas, 271
Bannock Indians, 150, 151
Barbed wire, 109, 131
Barberry bushes, 43
Bari, Judi, 260
Barley, 61
Barry, William, 239
Bates, John, 130
Beans, 15–16, 41, 45
Bear River, 120
Bears, 16
Beavers, 17, 33–34, 42, 154
Beef
factory–style production of, 190, 194–197
and fat, 199–200
growing popularity of, 190, 191, 197–199
Bering land bridge, 11
Beyers, O. P., 132
Big Cypress Swamp, 225
Big Timbers, 123
Billings, Frederick, 148
Biotechnology, 277–280
Birds, 224–225, 284. See also Passenger pigeons
and agriculture, 42, 78
Bisons. See Buffalo
Black Belt, 83, 85, 106
Blackfeet Indians, 150, 155
Blacks. See African Americans
Blaine, James G., 130
Blast furnaces, 56–57
Blaushild, David, 248
Bobolinks, 78
Boll weevil, 103–104
Boone, Daniel, 138
Boone & Crockett Club, 138
Booth, Paul, 249
Borden, Gail, 95
Borlaug, Norman, 269, 270
Boston, MA, 36, 157, 162, 165, 219, 229
Boston Associates, 57–59
Bové, Jose, 280
“Boxed beef,” 196
Boyer, Herbert, 277
Braess, Dietrich, 214
Braess’s paradox, 214–215
Brazil, 262, 272–273, 280
Bretton Woods conference, 264–265
Brooklyn, NY, 162, 179
Brower, David, 243–246, 253
Brown, Justice Henry, 151
Buchanan, James, 118
Buffalo, 124
decline of, 124–129
Indians and, 16, 18, 19, 124, 125–129
remnants of, 144, 155–156
Buffalo, NY, 167, 248
Bulldozers, 218–219
Burbank, Luther, 183
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose E., 90
Bush, George H. W., 274, 275
Byron, Lord, 47
C
California, 219–220, 229–230, 233–234, 248. See also Hetch Hetchy valley; Los Angeles; Yosemite National Park
agriculture in, 4, 175, 177–189
climate of, 4, 176–177
gold rush in, 118–122
Indians in, 16–17, 19–20, 118
California Associated Raisin Company, 181
California Fruit Growers Exchange, 181
Canals, 48, 62, 163, 191
Cancer, 206
Carbon dioxide, 273, 281
Cargill company, 197
Cars. See Automobiles
Carson, Rachel, 246–247
Carter, Jimmy, 249, 254
Carter, Landon, 72
Caterpillars, 43
Catlin, George, 13–14, 125
Cattle, 29, 34. See also Beef; Feedlots
in cities, 157
on the Great Plains, 128, 129–134, 191–192
in New England, 42, 45, 47, 49–50
overseas, 271
on public lands, 201–202
in the South, 86, 96
Cattle tick, 109
Caudill, Harry, 115
Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, 254
Central America, 271
Central Valley, 177, 178, 186–187
Central Valley Project, 187–188
Chandler, Rev. Samuel, 44
Chaparral, 219
Cheatgrass, 202
Cherokee Indians, 17–18
Chesapeake Bay, 204–205
Chestnut trees, 113, 115
Cheyenne Indians, 122–123
Chicago, IL, 61, 62–63, 170, 212, 249
and meatpacking industry, 192–193, 196
Chicago Board of Trade, 61
Chickens, 190, 202–203, 204–205
China, 281
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 185
Chinese immigrants, 119, 185
Chisholm Trail, 130
Chlorofluorocarbons, 206
Cholera, 161, 203
Cincinnati, OH, 165, 169, 191
Cities, 67. See also specific cities
animals in, 157–162, 157–163
growth of, 36, 55, 157
waste disposal by, 162–171, 226, 229–230, 234, 236–237
water systems in, 165–166
Citizens Action Program (Chicago, IL), 249
Citizens Clearing House for Hazardous Wastes, 254
Civilian Conservation Corps, 242
Civil War, ix–x, 89–98, 129, 148, 208
Clark, William Mansfield, 209
Clay, Lucius, 216
Clean Air Act (1970), 251
Clements, Frederic, 143
Cleveland, OH, 166, 167, 239
Cuyahoga River in, 239, 240, 248
Climate. See also Droughts; Ice Age; Weather
effect of human activities on, 36, 274
English settlers’ adjustment to, 21–27, 48
geology and, 4–6
long–term changes in, 12–13, 26, 46–47, 49
in the South, 2, 71, 82, 90, 203
in the West, 116–118, 137, 153, 176–177
Clinton, Bill, 275–276
Clinton, MA, 166
Clover, 223
Clovis, NM, 11
Coal, 114, 281
Coastal Zone Management Act (1972), 251
Cohen, Stanley, 277
Colden, Cadwallader, 160, 161
Cold War, 263–264
Colorado, 132, 135. See also Denver
Colorado River, 243–246
Columbus, Christopher, 3, 4
Commodities, xi–xii, 55, 61, 69–70. See also Advertising; Agr
iculture: commercialization of
Common lands, 105–107
Common law, 57
Commonwealth Edison, 249
Composting, 230–231
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund law, 1980), 251
Computers, 227
ConAgra, 197
Concord, MA, 39, 45, 49
Connecticut, 32. See also New England
Conservation, 139–156. See also Pinchot, Gifford
traditional depiction of, 138–139
Consumerism, x–xi, 175, 207, 224, 227, 239, 248
Continental drift, 3
Cooke, Jay, 148
Cooper, James Fenimore, 67
Cooper River, 76
Corn, 61
as animal feed, 97, 190, 191, 194
and the “Green Revolution,” 268–269
Indians and, 15–16
in New England, 41, 45, 46
and soil depletion, 87
in the South, 87, 97, 99–100, 115
Costa Rica, 271, 273
Cotton, 81–87, 97, 99–104, 110, 189
in California, 189
monoculture based on, 97, 99–104, 110, 188–189
and 77-degree summer isotherm, 82, 83
Cotton Belt, 83–86
Cotton gin, 82
Cottony cushion scale, 184
Courts, 59, 121–122. See also U.S. Supreme Court
Crawford, William, 85
Crockett, Davy, 138
Cronon, William, 32
Crop lien laws, 101
Crosby, Alfred, 29
Crowell, John, Jr., 258
Crow Indians, 150–151, 155
Culture of consumption. See Consumerism
Cumming, H. S., 209
Custer, George Armstrong, 150
Cuyahoga River, 239, 240, 248
D
Dams, 56–59, 265–266
Davis, Jefferson, 93, 94
Dawes, Henry, 148
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO), 209
DDT (dichlordiphenyltrichloroethane), 224, 249
“Deep ecology,” 257, 260
Deer, 16, 18–19, 34, 146, 154
Deere, John, 7, 61
Deforestation, 35–36, 39–41, 109–112, 113, 267
and climate change, 36, 274
and flooding, 36, 115, 267
overseas, 271, 272–273, 281
Delaware River, 168
Delmarva Peninsula, 202
Denver, CO, 123, 171, 229–230
DES (diethylstilbestrol), 196
De Soto, Hernando, 18, 191
Detergent, 248
Detroit, MI, 165, 229–230, 248
Dinosaur National Monument, 243, 245, 246
“Disassembly lines,” 191, 197, 203
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