| Book Review | Environmental History, 12.1

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Book Review

Southern United States: An Environmental History. By Donald E. Davis, with Craig E. Colten, Megan Kate Nelson, Barbara L. Allen, and Mikko Saikku. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2006. Nature and Human Societies Series, edited by Mark R. Stoll. xxii + 409 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $85.00.

Southern United States: An Environmental History is the latest volume in the "Nature and Human Societies" series edited by Mark Stoll. Donald E. Davis is the lead author, although Craig Colten wrote the core narrative's final chapter and, as with other volumes in the series, there are case studies by three additional authors. Beyond that, the volume also has several ancillary sections, including a glossary of "Important People, Events, and Concepts," a "Chronology," and more than fifty pages of primary source "Documents." It is a busy and, frankly, confusing assemblage of material, presumably aimed at the undergraduate textbook market, but pedagogically inscrutable and with a cover price that will dissuade most from assigning it.

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