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  Topic: Reading 2 and 3: Cronon and Merchant
Eliza A

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PostForum: US Environmental History   Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:27 pm   Subject: Re: A few thoughts

4. The long paragraph in the middle of page 22 (Merchant) made me wonder—to what extent is food and the culture surrounding it a part of environmental history?

This question brings me back to a p ...
  Topic: Reading 2 and 3: Cronon and Merchant
Eliza A

Replies: 20
Views: 1655

PostForum: US Environmental History   Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:19 pm   Subject: Reading 2 and 3: Cronon and Merchant
When we were discussing Diamonds writing today in class, I kept thinking about his conclusion that “history has been moulded by our environment” (13). I felt like his examples justified the destructiv ...
  Topic: Reading 1: Donald Worster's "Doing Environmental Histor
Eliza A

Replies: 24
Views: 1480

PostForum: US Environmental History   Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:44 pm   Subject: Reading 1: Donald Worster's "Doing Environmental Histor
Mia asked,
Do you believe that the civilization’s development was not dependent on the individual but instead on there geographical location and resources?

I think this is tricky! Geographical loc ...
  Topic: Reading 1: Donald Worster's "Doing Environmental Histor
Eliza A

Replies: 24
Views: 1480

PostForum: US Environmental History   Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:59 pm   Subject: Reading 1: Donald Worster's "Doing Environmental Histor
It simply makes sense that “it is people who create culture” (6). However, Worster states that “everything is shaped by its presence in the ecosystem” (6). This got me thinking about how centered our ...
 
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