lucas_hill
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 Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:52 pm Post subject: Response to Donald Worster's, Doing Environmental History |
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I am very interested in the concepts Worster discusses early on in his essay, how he defines Environmental History and the evolution of history globally. "Environmental history is, in sum, part of the revisionist effort to make the discipline far more inclusive in its narratives than it has traditionally been." (3) My understanding of the evolution and the want in change for history and historians from Worster's perspective has to do with a want and goal "toward a more global point of view" (3) and want to push history past the surface level, with Environmental historians "who insist that we have got to go deeper yet, down to the earth its self as an agent over time." (3). We see that environmental history is multifaceted and as Worster describes it, has three levels of issued to address. The three summed up and in my own words are, understanding nature, interaction with the environment and the mental and intellectual side to it. The complexity of Environmental History and its connections "ranging from the natural sciences to anthropology to theology." (9) clearly makes it one of the steps that historians took towards making history more complete and advancing it.
Question for others to help my understanding of the first essay:
What was Donald Worster's final conclusion point and how does is specifically connect to his overall goal with the essay? |
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