Natural Resources - Hardcover

Adams, McCrea

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0893569127 ISBN 13: 9780893569129

Publisher: Salem Press, 1998

Synopsis

This three-volume reference work contains 438 articles covering areas as diverse as soil, fisheries, forests, aluminium, the Industrial Revolution, oil drilling, and government agencies and their role in resource management.

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About the Author

Mark Coyne is an Associate Professor in the Agronomy Department of University of Kentucky. He is a member of several organizations, including the American Society of Agronomy, American Society for Microbiology, Ecological Society of America, Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the National On-Site Waste Water Association.

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Along with 125 scholars from throughout the U.S., professors Coyne and Allin, affiliated with the University of Kentucky and Cornell College, respectively, have put together an interesting new reference work on natural resources. The editors have interpreted natural resources in the most comprehensive manner to include resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology. The work consists of 438 alphabetically arranged articles that range from 250 to 4,000 words in length. There are 84 core articles on minerals. Other areas of interest are energy resources including nuclear, solar, and wind; and plant-and animal-related topics like crops and animal breeding. In addition, there are articles on ecological resources such as forests, grasslands, lakes, and wetlands. There are also articles on secondary resources, such as cement, paper, and steel. There are brief articles on 28 organizations and 15 historical events, and 22 biographies of people like Barry Commoner and Stewart Udall.

All articles are signed; a list in the front of volume 1 gives the authors' affiliations. Appropriately placed throughout the text are 200 black-and-white photographs and 135 charts and tables. Articles at least 1,000 words in length have internal subheadings and annotated bibliographies of further readings at the end. Also at the end of articles are cross-references to other entries. A table of contents in the front of each volume directs users to articles only in that volume. Volume 3 contains many useful aids--an alphabetical table of elements, a periodic table of the elements, lists of major resources arranged by states and countries, a time line from 10,000 B.C. to 1997, and a glossary. A bibliography lists approximately 242 books grouped under broad subject headings. Rounding out the third volume are a list of entries by category and a comprehensive index.

There are numerous reference works dealing with specific natural resource topics like energy, pollution, agriculture, and minerals, but there are few if any surveys like Natural Resources. The broad nature of this set makes it unique and it should prove to be popular with students doing term papers and the general public seeking information. Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Salem Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0893569127
• ISBN 13: 9780893569129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 3
• Editor: Coyne Mark, Allin Craig