Mark Fiege has written a book so original and so necessary that a reader can be excused for being both astonished and wondering why no one has written a book like this before. / Brown, S.A.; Dovers, S.; Frawley, J.; Gaynor, Andrea; Goodall, H.; Karskens, G.; Mullins, S. T1 - Can environmental history save the world? an original contribution . To fully understand the structure of an undergraduate course, read the course structure information and the Undergraduate Degree Course Rules. Its scope spans millennia, its object of study is humanity, its sources are everywhere and everything. In these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem new. Readers will be surprised and delighted by how much Fiege accomplishes in each case study. As a ‘genre of history’ in Australia environmental history is relatively new, emerging in the 1960s and 70sfrom encounters between history, geography and the natural sciences in the context of growing environmentalconcern and activism. . . Degree-specific major units. At UWA, you can choose from more than 90 fields of study in five different colleges. In the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred. This smart and well-written book, one both synthetic and generative, hopefully will, in fact, prompt students, researchers, and the public to further explore the 'paths that circle through the nature of American history . The Republic of Nature is sure to be a watershed title for environmental historians and open up a necessary—and long overdue—dialogue with other fields of American history. .'. Environmental history is the study of the interaction between human societies and the environment in the past. . . title = "Can environmental history save the world?". Students are able to (1) demonstrate a capacity to understand imaginatively other times, societies and cultures; (2) demonstrate an awareness of the world we live in, through reference to important aspects of humanity's past experience; (3) demonstrate a knowledge of major historical developments in a range of times and places; (4) identify main issues in a body of complex historical material; (5) critically evaluate differences and issues in others' interpretations of historical events; (6) describe and interpret evidence of past human experience, proposing explanations for the content of such evidence with reference to concepts such as power, myth, representation, culture and social structure; (7) independently formulate a logical argument, supported by relevant evidence; (8) express ideas in clear, cogent and correct English; (9) conduct independent research by locating and organising information relating to a specific question or problem; (10) utilise historical resources for research exercises and apply critical and analytical tools to them; and (11) demonstrate a knowledge of the causes of historical change in a range of times and places. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies, the UWA Profiles and Research Repository contact form. There are more choices open to you. King Cotton: The Cotton Plant and Southern Slavery, 4. {\textquoteright} In response, a panel of new and established researchersoffer their perspectives on issues of relevance and utility within this diverse and dynamic genre. The Republic of Nature dares us to think differently in the way the best history books do—by thoroughly engaging readers in unexpected ways and in challenging our perceptions of the ways the world works.