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Title Rooted in the earth [electronic resource] : reclaiming the African American environmental heritage / Dianne D. Glave.
Publication Info. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.
Edition 1st ed.

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 Libraries Electronic Books  ELECTRONIC BOOK-Ebook Central    AVAIL. ONLINE
Description 1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Ethnoecology -- United States.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States.
Environmentalism -- United States.
Environmental justice -- United States.
Added Author Ebooks Corporation
Related To Print version: Glave, Dianne D. Rooted in the earth. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010 9781556527661 (DLC) 2010008130
ISBN 9781569767511 (electronic bk.)
1569767513 (electronic bk.)
9781556527661 (pbk.)
1306029759 (ebk)
9781306029759 (ebk)
OCLC # EBC554938
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