White, Richard, 1947-

The organic machine : the remaking of the Columbia River / Richard White.

Pbk. ed.

New York : Hill and Wang, 1996.

xi, 130 pages : map ; 22 cm

"In this pioneering study, White explores the relationship between the natural history of the Columbia River and the human history of the Pacific Northwest for both whites and Native Americans. He concentrates on what brings humans and the river together: not only the physical space of the region but also, and primarily, energy and work. For working with the river has been central to Pacific Northwesterners' competing ways of life. It is in this way that White comes to view the Columbia River as an organic machine--with conflicting human and natural claims--and to show that whatever separation exists between humans and nature exists to be crossed."-- Publisher description.

0809015838
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Nature Effect of human beings on Columbia River.
Nature Effect of human beings on Columbia River Region.
Human beings Effect of environment on Columbia River.
Human beings Effect of environment on Columbia River Region.
Homme Influence sur la nature Columbia (Fleuve)
Homme Influence de l'environnement Columbia (Fleuve)
Human beings Effect of environment on.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Columbia River History.
Columbia River Region History.
Columbia (Fleuve) Histoire.
United States Columbia River.
United States Columbia River Region.

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 299591
Cote: BIB 245736
Statut: Disponible