Two Base Reading Materials:
Peter Stearns, The Industrial Revolution in World History (Boulder: Westview Press, 2013), 21-52.(eReserve: see Course Information page for instructions and password.)
Timothy Mitchell, \”Carbon Democracy,\” Economy and Society 38, 3 (Aug., 2009): 399-432, https://www.systems.wsu.edu/scripts/WSUAll.pl?https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085140903020598 (This link will take you to a page where you will need to log in with your WSU ID and password. Once logged in select the option to \”view PDF\” on the page that appears)
(For Books I will attach with PDF file)
Questions:
In at least 3 well-developed (6-8 sentences) and clearly written paragraphs that employ historical evidence from at least 4 of the assigned readings for this issue (Stearns and Mitchell required as two of the four), answer the following three questions:
1. Historically, how have humans caused environmental change, what kinds of changes have taken place, and when? The goal with this question is to use concrete historical examples to make your case. Do not provide vague examples that lack specific time, geography, or result.
2. How has the shift from renewable energy forms to what Timothy Mitchell calls \”buried sunshine\” transformed human political organization? When, where, and how did this industrial \”revolution\” unfold?
3. Finally, given what you now know about the historical roots of climate change, why is it so political today?
Post your original response to these questions by the deadline indicated on the course schedule to the Discussion Board forum called \”Humans and the Environment.\”
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