Technology, nature, and American origin stories

Environmental History

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-24

  Nye, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037244618     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3985970     Document Type: Article

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