Reading List
Fall 2006
Dobbs, Murphy
First class is on Tuesday, September 26, 10 am in the Longhouse.
Textbooks: (to be used throughout the quarter; should purchase all four by the beginning of class) A half order only for all the books has been placed at the TESC Bookstore; they should arrive by the first week of class. This should be especially useful for students registering later or who are required to buy their books through our Bookstore. You should still rely on other sources for books as well.
Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by David Moore, 6th edition
Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy by Rutherford Platt (2004)
Crossing the Next Meridian by Charles Wilkinson (may not be in print; look in used book sites)
Yellowstone to Yukon by Florian Schulz
Seminar books:
Week 1:Handout will be provided in first class on Tuesday for the first seminar on Wednesday.
Week 2 :Changes in the Land
Week 3 : Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (If you have read this, especially more than once, you could read The River of the Mother of God, For the Health of the : Land, or Round River, also essays by Leopold.) If you do read another selection, you should still re-read “The Land Ethic” in Sand County Almanac.)
Week 4 : Land Use, Environment, and Social Change by Richard White
Week 5 : The Land by Mildred Taylor
From Conquest to Conservation by Michael Dombeck, Christopher Wood, and Jack Williams
The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good by Eric Freyfogle
The Enduring Wilderness by Doug Scott
Rivers for Life by Sandra Postel and Brian Richter
