Description
"To Love the Wind and the Rain" is a groundbreaking and vivid analysis of the relationship between African Americans and the environment in U.S. history. It focuses on three major themes: African Americans in the rural environment, African Americans in the urban and suburban environments, and African Americans and the notion of environmental justice. Meticulously researched, the essays cover subjects including slavery, hunting, gardening, religion, the turpentine industry, outdoor recreation, women, and politics. "To Love the Wind and the Rain" will serve as an excellent foundation for future studies in African American environmental history.
About the Author
Dianne D. Glave teaches history at Morehouse College.
Reviews
From slavery to Jim Crow segregation to the eras of civil rights and environmental justice, the authors guide us through a multitude of periods and places, skillfully blending theory with practice while building an environmental history of African America.... The stories... in this volume must be read in the context of the enormity of this oppressive history and the struggles of individuals and communities to overcome its consequences. Set against this historical backdrop, the stories herein become more remarkable as the authors illuminate the vitality of their subjects' lives, the significance of their achievements, and the successes and failures of their work together. In so doing, the writers not only show us how to write a new kind of African American environmental history, but illustrate the ways that writing history can itself become a moral act. - Carolyn Merchant, University of California, Berkeley, from the foreword
Book Information
ISBN 9780822958994
Author Dianne D. Glave
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
About the Author
Dianne D. Glave teaches history at Morehouse College.
Reviews
From slavery to Jim Crow segregation to the eras of civil rights and environmental justice, the authors guide us through a multitude of periods and places, skillfully blending theory with practice while building an environmental history of African America.... The stories... in this volume must be read in the context of the enormity of this oppressive history and the struggles of individuals and communities to overcome its consequences. Set against this historical backdrop, the stories herein become more remarkable as the authors illuminate the vitality of their subjects' lives, the significance of their achievements, and the successes and failures of their work together. In so doing, the writers not only show us how to write a new kind of African American environmental history, but illustrate the ways that writing history can itself become a moral act. - Carolyn Merchant, University of California, Berkeley, from the foreword
Book Information
ISBN 9780822958994
Author Dianne D. Glave
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
