The Ideology of William Cronon Between the Native Americans and the European Europeans, both parties view and interact with the New England landscape very differently. Cronon describes three major factors that make up wildlife; animals (which include fish and mammals), plants and trees. These three things are treated differently by both the Native Americans and the European Europeans. The Native Americans hunted animals often, took plants, and cut down trees in order to build shelter and make weapons. However, the native americans did not over-do it per say, they only took what they needed and used every bit of the things they obtained. They rarely ever threw things away. The Europeans on the other hand, killed off most of the animals for
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The Europeans greed caused them to deplete the New England ecosystem of its resources. They were influenced by capitalistic coherences to rule the New World with an iron fist. If the Europeans did not come in contact with the Native Americans, I feel like we would have plenty more Native Americans in our country today. Cronon gives his thoughts on the influence and vision that the Europeans had for the New World. He also discusses how the Europeans intertwined their culture into the idealistic ways of the Native Americans. He …show more content…
Their activities often mimicked certain ecological processes that occurred in nature, but with a crucial difference. Whereas the natural ecosystem tended toward a patchwork of diverse communities arranged almost randomly on the landscape- it's very continuity depending on that disorder- the human tendency was to systematize the patchwork and impose a more regular pattern upon it (33).
As soon as both the Native Americans and the Indians reached the New World and started learning how to inhabit it and grow as a culture, the ecosystems started to change. Both of their ways of life. However, the Europeans changed the ecosystem more than the Native Americans ever could. They felt as if it was their divine right to take advantage of all the resources that England had to offer. One thing that i would live to see Cronon address maybe at the end of his work was to see how/if the Europeans rebuilt the land around them and see the steps that were taken if they attempted to fix their mistakes.
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The Europeans greed caused them to deplete the New England ecosystem of its resources. They were influenced by capitalistic coherences to rule the New World with an iron fist. If the Europeans did not come in contact with the Native Americans, I feel like we would have plenty more Native Americans in our country today. Cronon gives his thoughts on the influence and vision that the Europeans had for the New World. He also discusses how the Europeans intertwined their culture into the idealistic ways of the Native Americans. He …show more content…
Their activities often mimicked certain ecological processes that occurred in nature, but with a crucial difference. Whereas the natural ecosystem tended toward a patchwork of diverse communities arranged almost randomly on the landscape- it's very continuity depending on that disorder- the human tendency was to systematize the patchwork and impose a more regular pattern upon it (33).
As soon as both the Native Americans and the Indians reached the New World and started learning how to inhabit it and grow as a culture, the ecosystems started to change. Both of their ways of life. However, the Europeans changed the ecosystem more than the Native Americans ever could. They felt as if it was their divine right to take advantage of all the resources that England had to offer. One thing that i would live to see Cronon address maybe at the end of his work was to see how/if the Europeans rebuilt the land around them and see the steps that were taken if they attempted to fix their mistakes.
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