Isenberg's Introduction

2. Coined the term “Columbian Exchange,” emphasizing ecological consequences of empire.
4. The idea that environmental conditions shape human societies in predictable ways.
6. Historian known for Changes in the Land and critiques of wilderness ideology.
7. A concept emphasizing persistence and long-term patterns in historical narratives.
8. The surrounding circumstances that give meaning to historical texts and events.
10. French historians who pioneered structural and environmental approaches to history.
11. The relationship between events and their causes in historical analysis.
14. Historian who linked American identity to frontier expansion.
15. Cultural historian who explored how texts and ideas circulate in society.
16. Annales School concept focusing on deep, slow-moving historical structures.
17. Author of Silent Spring, pivotal in launching the modern environmental movement.

1. Historian who emphasized disease and ecological factors in world history.
3. Reinterpreting established historical narratives, often challenging dominant views.
5. The idea that historical outcomes are not inevitable but shaped by unpredictable factors.
9. Any written or symbolic artifact used to interpret historical meaning.
11. A central theme in history, referring to transformation over time.
12. Historical approach focusing on physical and economic conditions over ideas.
13. The belief that ideas and values drive historical change more than material conditions.