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  • algon.jpg Algonquin Impacts by droogie
    The rampant over hunting of beaver by post-contact Acadian Algonquins is bestunderstood via a cultural-ecology analysis, rather than the more traditional thesis that argues that pure economics and the reality of white technology led Indians to “exploit” beavers for their pelts. I agree. It makes sense...     		Ranking:
  • nash.jpg Roderick Nash by droogie
    Nash draws a line between conceptual wilderness and the real thing and by doing so he makes a strong argument for realigning socio-cultural ideas to better reflect the interchange between humans and the natural world. In his prologue, Nash plays with the etymology of the word “wilderness,” not as an...     		Ranking:
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