History/ES 247 Reading Guide


Introduction:  Thinking Historically, Thinking Environmentally

Further reading:

  • Robert Blackey, et al., Teaching Innovations Forum:  “Thinking Historically in the Classroom,” Perspectives: American Historical Association Newsletter 33.7 (October 1995) , 1, 4, 23-37.  Notes
  • Donald Worster, et al., “A Round Table:  Environmental History,” Journal of American History 76.4 (1990), 1087-1147.  Notes
    • Donald Worster, “Transformations of the Earth:   Toward an Agroecological Perspective in History,” 1087-1106.   JSTOR
    • Alfred W. Crosby, “An Enthusiastic Second,” 1107-1110.   JSTOR
    • Richard White, “Environmental History, Ecology, and Meaning,” 1111-1116.   JSTOR
    • Carolyn Merchant, “Gender and Environmental History,” 1117-1121.   JSTOR
    • William Cronon, “Modes of Prophecy and Production:   Placing Nature in History,” 1122-1131.   JSTOR
    • Stephen J. Pyne, “Firestick History,” 1132-1141.   JSTOR
    • Donald Worster, “Seeing Beyond Culture,” 1142-1147.   JSTOR