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… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has cost us… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
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… — Donald Worster Copy Share
Rain is a blessing when it falls gently on parched fields, turning the earth green, causing the birds to sing. — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
We may be entering a new phase of history, a time when we begin to rediscover . . . the traditional teaching that power… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
Do what we will, the Colorado will one day find an unimpeded way to the sea. — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
There is little history in the study of nature, and there is little nature in the study of history. I want to show how… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
Environmental historians . . . insist that we have got to go . . . down to the earth itself as an agent and… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
