Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-364) and index.
Contents
Introduction: In the American beginning -- Narrating the assimilation of nature -- Surveying the ground -- Axe, clearing, cabin -- The nurturing forest -- The mill, or "natural power" -- Pollution and class conflict -- "Let us conquer space" -- "The route of superior desolation" -- "Conquered rivers are better servants than wild clouds" -- Water monopoly: federal irrigation and factories in the field -- Progress, or entropy? -- Conclusion: Second creation, conservation, and wilderness.
