HIS-3464 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carolina Parakeet, Passenger Pigeon, Henry David Thoreau
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Shift from organic to mechanical: mother nature to the clockmaker, from worship to use. Darwin"s nature: red, tooth, and claw . Wilderness has split meaning in ancient and middle ages europe: place of refuge and safety, place of exile and darkness, also associated with paganism (pan) Thoreau and the transcendentalists: reaction to industrialization, industrialization is bad. Bison, passenger pigeon, and carolina parakeet: all extinct in a short period of time. Who are the transcendentalists: wealthy urban and eastern. Henry david thoreau"s: walden: nature is a way for him to get to know himself better. Darwin and nature: red, tooth, and claw but also source of life, we"re all connected. Conservation biology emerges as a field (linked to field biology) Sportsmen lead the charge: knowing the environment. Hunt your prey by stalking it and killing it as soon as possible: more scientific than romantics. Not only the respect of nature but to quantify it and to preserve it.
