“There is little history in the study of nature, and there is little nature in the study of history. I want to show how we can remedy that cultural lag by developing a new perspective on the historian's enterprise, one that will make us Darwinians at last.” WantLittlesShowsLastsStudyPerspectiveEnvironmentalDevelopingEnterpriseHistorianRemedyLagNew PerspectiveEnvironmental History Author:Donald Worster
“Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a scholarly enterprise that had neither any simple, nor any single, moral or political agenda to promote. Its principal goal became one of deepening our understanding of how humans have been affected by their natural environment through time and, conversely, how they have affected that environment and with what results.” HumansHas BeensPoliticalPurposeStrongUnderstandingGoalBornNaturalSimpleResultsBehindsMoralEnvironmentCommitmentEnvironmentalEnterpriseAgendasAffectedPrincipalNatural EnvironmentRough TimesMaturedScholarlyPolitical AgendasEnvironmental History Author:Donald Worster
