Traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Virtual America identifies the connections (or lack thereof) between our individual selves, an American identity, and the geography "out there."
John Opie is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental History and Policy at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the founding editor of the journal Environmental History and the author of Nature's Nation: An Environmental History of the United States and Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land, available in a Bison Books edition. Opie currently lives on the Indiana Dunes of Lake Michigan and teaches at the University of Chicago.
