A new approach to ecology... well worth consideration by ecologists, science historians, and anyone interested in how human ecology should be integrated with the biological sciences.
Nancy Stack Science 2006 Kingsland does a masterful job weaving together the history of ecology in the United States.
William H. Schlesinger Bioscience 2006 Kingsland has ambitiously followed the growth of American ... Read moreecology from the end of the 19th throughout the 20th century, looking at social, economic, and scientific influences... Quite worthwhile for any ecologist interested in the history of their field.
Matthew L. Forister Quarterly Review of Biology 2006 Kingsland breaks new ground by tightly linking the intellectual history of ecological science with changes in the land.
Gregg A. Mitman Journal of American History 2006 Anyone interested in the history of American ecology and its relationship to our changing perspective on the environment will find this a worthwhile read and a clear exposition of those changes.
Larry Thomas Spencer Environmental History 2006 In contrast to other historical accounts, Sharon Kingsland's book emphasizes the ways that human ecology centered in urban settings has shaped the discipline.
Joel B. Hagen Isis 2006 The details of how the field began and the accounts of the ecological pioneers make this book an enjoyable account of scientific history.
Timothy J. Motley Brittonia 2007 This fine book provides an excellent opportunity to reflect back on the ecological sciences and their entanglement with environmental concerns in the USA... A refreshing and novel approach that breaks new grounds in our understanding of how ecology became a dominating scientific approach to the environment.
Peder Anker Centaurus 2006 Deeply researched and well written, Kingsland's study is likely to become a standard reference for scholars from many fields.
Andrew Kirk American Historical Review 2008 Show Less