BackStory with the American History Guys » lumbering http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory with the American History Guys » lumbering http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org Environmental Crisis! http://backstoryradio.org/the-history-of-disappearing-nature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-disappearing-nature http://backstoryradio.org/the-history-of-disappearing-nature/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:30:12 +0000 VFHwebdev http://www.virginiafoundation.org/vfhradio/backstory/wordpress/?p=32 2nature061408.jpg

It seems that Americans are finally waking up to the reality of climate change, but scientists tell us it may be too little, too late. This may be the most far-reaching environmental threat Americans have ever faced, but it’s certainly not the first. In this hour, we consider the history of American anxieties about the environment. Historian Bill Cronon weighs in on when “nature” became a thing to protect and not to fear. And we travel up to Shenandoah National Park to look for remnants of the communities displaced to make way for Nature. Also — Mother Nature’s gender, Populist politics, and the merits of an apocalyptic mindset.

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]]> http://backstoryradio.org/the-history-of-disappearing-nature/feed/ 2 agriculture,climate change,conservation,environment,lumbering,natural resources,nature,populism,shenandoah,sustainability It seems that Americans are finally waking up to the reality of climate change, but scientists tell us it may be too little, too late. This may be the most far-reaching environmental threat Americans have ever faced, but it's certainly not the first. (http://backstoryradio.org/files/2008/06/2nature061408.jpg) It seems that Americans are finally waking up to the reality of climate change, but scientists tell us it may be too little, too late. This may be the most far-reaching environmental threat Americans have ever faced, but it's certainly not the first. In this hour, we consider the history of American anxieties about the environment. Historian Bill Cronon weighs in on when "nature" became a thing to protect and not to fear. And we travel up to Shenandoah National Park to look for remnants of the communities displaced to make way for Nature. Also -- Mother Nature's gender, Populist politics, and the merits of an apocalyptic mindset. Related Links See what environmental historian Bill Cronon (http://www.williamcronon.net) is up to! Hear more stories (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2008/06/beat-it-weve-got-a-wilderness-to-create/) of the removal from the Shenandoah Valley... Take a look at an interactive timeline (http://www.environmentalhistory.org/) of environmental history. BackStory with the American History Guys no 54:16