The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction

This title is part of a new series, Science and Society, published by ABC‐CLIO. The argument behind this series is that although the history of science is a mature discipline in its own right, it has yet to add its voice to either the historical or sociological discussion of many topics. The divide between the history of science and the history of society is something I am aware in a number of topics of personal interest, so I welcome this series.

This volume covers, from a mainly US perspective, the development of environmental science from natural history through ecology...