HIST 2250 Lecture 4: Week 4 reading Unit 4
15 Sep 2015
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Steinberg, down to earth, ch 4, 5, 7. Concepts of the unit: local / national / continental commons ecology extinction monoculture proposed bison commons . Please define and discuss with specific historical examples any of the unit concepts. Ecology: the political movement that seeks to protect the environment, especially from pollution. extinct. Extinction: the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming. Monoculture: the cultivation of a single crop in a given area. North americans had tied the idea of endless bounty and national greatness together for numerous years. During the period of colonization the europeans began exploiting the land for its resources and it has continued ever since then. The abundance of resources led to large amounts of money being made off the exports, and those who had the money began gaining power and status as well. The resource extraction was one of the pushes towards a more industrial society, according to the.
