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What was the environmental legacy of Expo ’74?
Come back soon for a podcast episode on the environmental themes at Expo ’74 in Spokane, and how those themes played out over the next 50 years.
Come back soon for a podcast episode on the environmental themes at Expo ’74 in Spokane, and how those themes played out over the next 50 years.
Niels Sparre Nokkentved
WSU Press: 2019
“Thinking like a mountain” is the name of a short essay from Aldo Leopold’s 1949 book A Sand County Almanac. In it, he reflects on an old wolf he shot and killed as a young hunter and how he came to realize wolves play a critical role between prey, such as deer and elk, and the flora of the forest and other natural habitats. He lamented humans need to learn to think … » More …
Sara Dant ’91 MA, ’00 PhD
Wiley: 2017
The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition welcomed millions of people to Chicago to celebrate the rise of industrial America, the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival on the continent, and the romanticization of the “frontier” West. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his thesis that the western advance into a wild and savage frontier defined the American spirit, and … » More …