Books
The course has no assigned text. You will be expected to present a book report to the class with a partner,
starting on 2 October.
Select from the following (examples):
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Beresford-Kroeger, Diana. 2010. The Global Forest. Viking Adult. ISBN: 0670021741
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Carson, Rachel. 2002. Silent Spring. Mariner Books. ISBN: 0618249060 [James + Drew, 13 Nov]
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Collier, Paul. 2010. The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage Nature for
Global Prosperity. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195395255
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Constanze, George. 1994. Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders: An Appalachian Mountain Ecology. Mountain Press.
ISBN: 978-0878422630
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Davis, Donald Edward. 2003. Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern
Appalachians. University of Georgia Press. ISBN: 0820324949. [Jacob + Robert, 13 Nov]
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Ehrlich, Paul, and Anne Ehrlich. 1990. The Population Explosion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 0671732943
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Foster, John Bellamy. 2000. Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature. Monthly Review Press. ISBN: 1583670122
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French, Thomas. 2010. Zoo Story. Hyperion. ISBN: 1401323464
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Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer. 2010. Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945. The University of North Carolina Press.
ISBN: 978-0807871164
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Friedman, Thomas L. 2008. Hot, Flat, and Crowded (Why We Need A Green Revolution - And How It Can Renew America).
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
ISBN-13:978-0-374-16685-4/10:0-374-16685-4. (ISBN 1607516276 ?) [Sonia + Freeman, 6 Nov]
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Jacoby, Karl. 2001. Crimes against Nature : Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden
History of American Conservation. University of California Press. ISBN: 0520239091
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Katz, Cindy. 2004. Growing Up Global: Economic Restructuring and Children's Everyday Lives. University of
Minnesota Press. ISBN: 0816642109
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Koslow, Tony. 2007. The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea. University of Chicago
Press. ISBN: 978-0226451251 [Tyler + Caleb, 27 Nov]
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Kricher, John. 2009. The Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 0691138982
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Leonard, Annie. 2011. The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, our Communities,
and our Health-And How We Can Make it Better. Free Press. ISBN: 1451610297 [Claire + Sam, 9 Oct]
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Louv, R. 2005. Last Child in the Woods. Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
ISBN-13:978-1-56512-391-5/10:1-56512-391-3.
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McKibben, Bill. 2006. The End of Nature. Bloomsbury. ISBN: 0747561869
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Mowat, Farley. 1996. Sea of Slaughter. Mariner Books. ISBN-10:1576300196/13:978-1576300190
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Perlin, John. 2005. Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization. The Countryman Press. ISBN: 0881506761
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Pollack, Henry. 2009. A World Without Ice. Avery. ISBN: 15833333576 [Malena + Alison, 6 Nov]
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Pollan, Michael. 2006. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin Press. ISBN: 1594200823 [Anthony + Devin, 16 Oct]
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Quinn, Daniel. 1992. Ishmael. Bantam Books. ISBN: 0-533-37540-7. Adam + Martin, 13 Nov]
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Rutkow, Eric. 2012. American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation. Scribner. ISBN: 1439193541
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Safina, Carl. 1999. Song for the Blue Ocean. Holt. ISBN: 978-0805061222
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Soluri, John. 2006. Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States.
University of Texas Press. ISBN: 0292712561
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Viq, Norman J. and Michael E. Kraft. 2012. Environmental Policy: New Directions for the 21st Century. Sage Publications Ltd.
ISBN: 9781452203300
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Weisman, Alan. 2007. The World Without Us. St. Martin's Thomas; Dunne Books. ISBN: 0-312-34729-4
Reference texts and other readings [not for book assignments]
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Trivers, R. L. 1985. Social Evolution. Benjamin/Cummings. ISBN 0-8053-8507-X.
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Smith, T. M. and R. L. Smith. 2009. Elements of Ecology (Seventh Edition).
Pearson Benjamin Cummings. ISBN 0-321-55957-6/978-0321-55957-9.
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Stiling, P. D. 1996. Ecology: Theories and Applications (Second Edition). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-221939-5.
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Ricklefs, R. E. 1990. Ecology (Third Edition). W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 0-7167-2077-9.
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