Rooted in the earth : reclaiming the African American environmental heritage /
With a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. The discussion shows that contemporary African American culture is usually seen as an urban culture, one that arose out of...
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Chicago, Illinois :
Lawrence Hill Books,
[2010]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.