Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ519028
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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The Past and Present of Environmental History.
Crosby, Alfred W.
American Historical Review, v100 n4 p1177-89 Oct 1995
Maintains that, although 18th-Century historians understand the significance of environmental influences, the concept of environmental history did not emerge until the mid-1900s. Discusses the influence of Earth Day, Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," and the landing of humans on the moon. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activism, Conservation Education, Educational Change, Environment, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Geographic Concepts, Global Approach, Higher Education, History, Intellectual History, Physical Environment, Political Attitudes, Social Change, Social History, Social Science Research, Social Scientists, United States History, World Geography, World History
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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