Analyze the Pritchard and Zimring essay assigned for this week and relate it to two (2) of the other class readings from weeks 2, 3, and 4. How do Pritchard and Zimring build upon the historical arguments of others? Can you identify major differences in the narrative they craft compared to the other readings you chose? Quote relevant passages and cite all quotes and paraphrases of ideas you reference. Be sure to identify each source (including author’s name, source title, and publication data as you would find in the Chicago Manual of Style. Your paper should be approximately 3-5 pages double-spaced.
-Sara B. Pritchard and Carl A. Zimring, “Introduction,” in Technology and the Environment in History (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020), pp. 1-16
-Sara B. Pritchard and Carl A. Zimring, “Industrialization,” in Technology and the Environment in History, pp. 43-69
-Melvin Kranzberg, “Technology and History: ‘Kranzberg’s Laws,’” Technology and Culture 27, No. 3 (July 1986), pp. 544-560
-William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature,” Environmental History 1, No. 1 (January 1996), pp. 7-28
-Leo Marx, “The Idea of Nature in America,” Daedalus 137, No. 2, On Nature (Spring 2008), pp. 8-21
-James C. Williams, “Understanding the Place of Humans in Nature,” in Martin Reuss and Stephen H. Cutcliffe, eds., The Illusory Boundary: Environment and Technology in History (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010), pp. 9-25
-Hugh S. Gorman and Betsy Mendelsohn, “Where Does Nature End and Culture Begin?” in The Illusory Boundary: Environment and Technology in History, pp. 265-290
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