Books by Donald (Hall Distinguished Professor of American History Worster

Eleven eloquent essays that convey the power of the new western history. Provides an introduction to the changing traditions of western historical writing, and then demonstrates his (Worster's) own approach through fascinating case studies. An environmental historian, Worster writes compellingly of the changing relationship between the land, native Americans, and the descendants of Europe.

In this collection of sixteen illuminating essays, Donald Worster examines the interaction of humanity and the environment, and the history this relationship has produced.