Rooted in the Earth : : Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage
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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.
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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 178 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781556527661 (pbk.)
1556527667 (pbk.)
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
Environmentalism.
Environmental justice.