Episode 6: Mark Fiege, The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States (Part1/4)

Update: 2025-09-26

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The first part of my four episode review of Mark Fiege's excellent The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States. In the first two chapters we explore the environmental context of witch trials, religious dissent, the American Revolution, Monticello, and the Puritan encounter with indigenous people.

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Episode 6: Mark Fiege, The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States (Part1/4)

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Episode 6: Mark Fiege, The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States (Part1/4)

Evan Lampe

Episode 6: Mark Fiege, The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States (Part1/4)