Thursday, May 10, 7:00 pm
The Richard D’Abate Lectures: Conversations About History, Art, and Literature (Program 6 of 7) Series details: http://www.mainehistory.org/PDF/Programs-Richard_Series.pdf
Saving Second Nature: The Environmental Movement in New England
Speaker: Dr. Richard W. Judd, Professor of History, University of Maine, Orono
This talk will focus on the pastoral landscapes of New England — the valley farms, familiar woods and past-enshrouded fishing out ports that became iconic symbols of New England beauty. It will explore how farm, village, and woods were idealized and romanticized in the tourist literature and regionalist writing of the late 19th century, and how these idealized images shaped New England environmental politics. New England environmentalists avoided the common premise that nature and culture were separate and antagonistic worlds, and instead embraced as their rallying points a blended landscape rich in cultural symbol and ecological harmonies, what Thoreau called “a partially cultivated country,” and what environmental historians today call “second nature.” This environmental goal generated a vast array of policy innovations, from farmland preservation to protecting the northern “working wilderness.” Judd is one of the foremost Maine historians and editor of the journal Maine History. This program is MHS's annual Olmsted Lecture, given this year in honor of Helen Koulouris.
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us
The Richard D’Abate Lectures: Conversations About History, Art, and Literature (Program 6 of 7) Series details: http://www.mainehistory.org/PDF/Programs-Richard_Series.pdf
Saving Second Nature: The Environmental Movement in New England
Speaker: Dr. Richard W. Judd, Professor of History, University of Maine, Orono
This talk will focus on the pastoral landscapes of New England — the valley farms, familiar woods and past-enshrouded fishing out ports that became iconic symbols of New England beauty. It will explore how farm, village, and woods were idealized and romanticized in the tourist literature and regionalist writing of the late 19th century, and how these idealized images shaped New England environmental politics. New England environmentalists avoided the common premise that nature and culture were separate and antagonistic worlds, and instead embraced as their rallying points a blended landscape rich in cultural symbol and ecological harmonies, what Thoreau called “a partially cultivated country,” and what environmental historians today call “second nature.” This environmental goal generated a vast array of policy innovations, from farmland preservation to protecting the northern “working wilderness.” Judd is one of the foremost Maine historians and editor of the journal Maine History. This program is MHS's annual Olmsted Lecture, given this year in honor of Helen Koulouris.
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us
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