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Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
GES2290
Society, nature and settlement in the New World
J M Powell
8 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: A
first-year sequence in geography or permission of head
Synopsis The objective is to explore a specifically `humanistic'
approach to explanation in geography by examining some aspects of the functions
of environmental ideas and social aspirations in the initiation, expansion and
elaboration of settlement in the New World countries of the United States and
Australia. Special attention is paid to the relationship between the processes
of pioneer settlement and impacts on the natural and built environments.
Assessment Written (5000 words): 70% + Examinations (2 hours): 20% +
Tutorial participation: 10%
Recommended texts
- Billington R A America's frontier heritage Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1966
- Conzen M P (ed.) The making of the American landscape Unwin Hyman,
1990
- Huth H Nature and the American U Nebraska P, 1972
- Meinig D The shaping of America vol. 1, Atlantic America,
1492-1800 York U P, 1986
- Meinig D W On the margins of the good earth Rigby, 1970
- Nash R Wilderness and the American mind Yale U P, 1967
- Powell J M The public lands of Australia Felix OUP, 1970
- Powell J M Mirrors of the New World Dawson/ANUP, 1977
- Powell J M An historical geography of modern Australia CUP, 1991
- Powell J M Environmental management in Australia 1788-1914 OUP, 1976
- Ward D (ed.) Geographic perspectives on America's past OUP, 1979
- Williams M The making of the South Australian landscape Academic
Press, 1974
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