TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glave,Dianne D.
TI  - Rooted in the earth: reclaiming the African American environmental heritage 
SN  - 9781556527661 (pbk.)
AV  - E185 .G54 2010
U1  - 305.896/073 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - Lawrence Hill Books
KW  - African Americans
KW  - History
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Ecology
KW  - United States
KW  - Human beings
KW  - Effect of environment on
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Environmental justice
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - In Rooted in the Earth, environmental historian Dianne D. Glave overturns the stereotype that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. In tracing the history of African Americans' relationship with the environment, emphasizing the unique preservation-conservation aspect of black environmentalism, and using her storytelling skills to re-create black naturalists of the past, Glave reclaims the African American heritage of the land
ER  -