“In Cities and Nature in the American West, leading environmental historians examine how western urban areas and the natural world interact with each other. With particular attention to the economic and cultural impacts between urban areas and their surrounding landscapes, these insightful essays explore and redefine the imagined borders between city and nature. This book is vital reading for anyone with a serious interest in environmental studies in the West.” -- Carl Abbott, author of How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America
"This is an interesting book, broad in its context but relatively brief in its length, that underscores the manifold ways in which rapid urban growth and rural, more natural environments have interacted." - H-Environment, H-Net Reviews
"The essays comprise some of the best available urban environmental history scholarship and...are superbly written." -- Western Historical Quarterly
"As an homage to the work and memory of Hal Rothman, and to intellectual curiosity borne of a familiarity with real places, it succeeds admirably." -- Oregon Historical Quarterly
"This book does not simply honor Hal K. Rothman. It also serves as a valuable introduction to some of the best recent scholarship in environmental history and geography. The volume is remarkable for the consistently high quality of the essays..." -- Southern California Quarterly
". . . this is a strong set of essays, each of which has sufficient depth to provide a well-rounded argument but is short enough to use effectively in a college course that explores the urban-environment interface. Hal Rothman would have been very pleased." -- Environmental History
~Sara Dant, Environmental History
"Readers of Cities and Nature in the American West will be enlightened by . . . the interconnectedness of people, cities, and nature in a spectacular natural region so many city-dwellers call home." -- Western American Literature
~Lawrence Culver, Western American Literature
