landscape assessment

Describes some of the most exotic and beautiful landscapes on Earth, explaining how some have been ravaged by human activity and some where human culture and nature live in harmony.

Discusses how the ways that we think about environmentalism has affected the landscape.

Examines territorial expansion in the years following the Civil War and discusses the people and land of Alaska and its purchase from Russia in 1868, the 1896 Klondike Gold Rush, strategic military importance to the U.S., and statehood in 1959.