Course Map
(BB) = Reading posted on Black Board
August 31: Introduction
What is Environmental History?
September 2: Steinberg, ix-xii, Worster, “Transformations of the Earth” (BB) & White, “Environmental History” (BB)
Part I: Rocks, Fire and Soil
September 7: Steinberg, pp. 3-54
September 9: Cronon, pp. 3-53
September 14: Cronon, pp. 54-107
September 16: Submit Oral History Proposal
Cronon, pp. 108-170September 21: Carney (skim for argument—BB) & Steinberg, pp. 71-115
September 23: Stull, pp. 3-66
September 28: Submit Research Paper Proposal
Stull, pp. 69-120September 30: Stull, pp. 120-169
October 5: Stull, pp. 173-226
October 7: Submit Interview Guide by this Date
Oral History Workshop
Part II: Commodities and Nature
October 12: Steinberg, pp. 57-71 & William Cronon, “Annihilating Space-Meat” (BB)
October 14: Steinberg, pp. 116-135 & Donald Worster, “What Holds the Earth Together” (BB)
October 19: Steinberg, pp. 155-202
***October 20*** Movie Night: Food Inc. (Harr 1261 at 8pm)
October 21: Pollan, “The Farm” (BB)
Part III: The History of Wilderness
October 26: Steinberg, pp. 136-154, Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness” (BB) & Lewis, “American Wilderness” (BB)
October 28: Research Day – No Class
November 2: Spence, pp. 3-39
November 4: Submit Draft of Research Paper
Spence, pp. 41-100
Part IV: Highways, Suburbs and the Environment
November 9: Spence, pp. 101-139
November 11: Comment on Classmate’s Draft
Steinberg, 202-268November 16:Rome, pp. 1-64
November 18:Rome, pp. 65-128
November 23 & 25: Thanksgiving – Class Does Not Meet
November 30: Rome, pp. 128-188
December 2: Rome, pp. 189-253
December 7: Deadline for All Oral History Materials
Rome, pp. 255-270 & Davis, “The Case for Letting Malibu Burn” (BB)***December 8*** Movie Night: Inconvenient Truth (Harr 1261 at 8pm)
December 9: Steinberg, 269-295
Final Paper Due: Tuesday, December 14th, 12:00 Noon on Discussion Board (BB)