Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England - Softcover

Steinberg, Theodore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870239430 ISBN 13: 9780870239434

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994

Synopsis

A great deal of arrogance surrounds this late-twentieth-century attitude toward the environment, and a great deal of history as well. What started as a research paper at Brandeis University expanded into a book that explores the role of the Industrial Revolution in this aggressive stance toward the natural world. The transformation of nature is at least as old as our presence as a species on this planet. But the advent of the industrial age marked a shift in humankind's relations with the earth. Steinberg concerns himself mainly with describing this shift as it was felt in New England, to journey back to a time when the task of subduing nature was full of hard-fought battles and much less arrogance.

About this title

Book Description:

Nature Incorporated explores the Industrial Revolution in New England from an environmental perspective. Focusing on the legendary Waltham-Lowell style mills, this book examines how these textile factories brought water under their exclusive control.

About the Author:

Theodore Steinberg teaches history at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0870239430
• ISBN 13: 9780870239434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304