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William Cronon

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in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States

September 11, 1954

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William "Bill" Cronon is a noted environmental historian, and the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was president of the American Historical Association (AHA) in 2012. ...more

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	Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon (Afterword), Tere LoPrete (Designed by), John Putnam Demos (Foreword) 4.08 avg rating — 3,324 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West 4.24 avg rating — 3,099 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Essays by John Muir, William Cronon (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature 4.17 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trouble with Wilderness 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under an Open Sky: Rethinking America's Western Past by William Cronon (Editor), Miles Jay (Editor), George Jay (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts by William Cronon (Foreword), David Stradling 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature et récits : Essais d'histoire environnementale by William Cronon, Mathias Lefèvre (Translator), Gregory Quenet (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	მწვანე საკითხავი: თანამედროვე დისკუსია ეკოლოგიისა და განვითარების შესახებ by William Cronon (Contributor), Molly Scott Cato (Contributor), Tim Jackson (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	変貌する大地―インディアンと植民者の環境史 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sas soon as we label something as "natural", we attach to it the powerful implication that any change from its current state would degrade and damage the way it is "supposed" to be”
― William Cronon, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

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“As soon as we label something as "natural", we attach to it the powerful implication that any change from its current state would degrade and damage the way it is "supposed" to be.”
― William Cronon, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

tags: nature, philosophy

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“The dream of an unworked natural landscape is very much the fantasy of people who have never themselves had to work the land to make a living.”
― William Cronon

tags: environment, nature, philosophy

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