In what ways did the “Columbian Exchange” re-shape global consumption patterns from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries?
What cultural or political perceptions have driven resource consumption or conservation over the last 500 years of human history?
Use at least three examples from our lectures and other course materials.
Sources for this paper:
Book: Name of the book and author of it, (Roots of Contemporary Issues History 105/305 Course Guide and Reader, ed. Julian Dodson)
1) Steven Solomon, “The Grand Canal and the Flourishing of Chinese Civilization,” pages 92-120.
2) Tom Standage, “New World, New Foods,” pages 122-139.
3) Peter Thorsheim, “The Corpse in the Garden: Burial, Health and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century London,” pages 141-171
Lecture with citation:
4) https://prezi.com/ef1h_rdwjzrz/encounter-and-ecological-change/
citation of this lecture is (Dodson lecture, “Encounter and Ecological Change” 02/04)
5) https://prezi.com/p44zwve4npvv/colonial-modes-of-production/
citation of this lecture is (Dodson lecture, “Ruling New World Empires and Colonial Modes of Production” 02/06)
6) https://prezi.com/j0ryd9or1d2w/victorian-london-industrialization-pollution-and-disease/
citation of this lecture is (Dodson lecture, “Urban Ecology: Pestilence and Progress” 02/11)
Video:
7) https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_clay_how_big_brands_can_save_biodiversity?language=en
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