Nature's Management: Writings on Landscape and Reform, 1822-1859 - Hardcover

Jack Temple Kirby is emeritus W. E. Smith Professor of American History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His most recent books include Working the Garden: American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture and The Countercultural South (Georgia).

"The value of Nature's Management rests in the fact that it is a primary source on the subject of slavery and the environment in the American South. Those seeking a better understanding of the topic should obtain a copy of the book."--H-Environment

A comprehensive and thoughtful compilation of [Ruffin's] agricultural and environmental writing . . . Kirby's collection shows Ruffin to have been a challenging, sophisticated thinker on matters pertaining to land health."--Georgia Historical Quarterly

"A valuable contribution to the history of Ruffin, the American landscape, and the environment."--Journal of Southern History

"Kirby's literate introduction provides insights into how Ruffin's experiences and wide reading affected his ideas, and provides a critical overview of published writings by and about Ruffin. . . . [Ruffin] showed keen powers of observation and scientific curiosity. . . . Kirby, a specialist in southern rural society, provides helpful notes.”--Choice