Personal, Political, and Professional: The Impact of Carolyn Merchant’s Life and Leadership
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
Routledge
Abstract
This essay pays tribute to pioneering environmental historian Carolyn Merchant. It traces the impact of Merchant's teaching, scholarship, and mentorship on the life and career of Nancy C. Unger. Unger knew little about environmental history when she started teaching in at Santa Clara University, using a textbook edited by Merchant. This article highlights the careers of both scholars, with special emphasis on how helpful Merchant and her work have been in guiding and inspiring subsequent generations of scholars.
Chapter of
After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human-Nature Relations
Editor
Kenneth Worthy
Elizabeth Allison
Whitney Bauman
Recommended Citation
Unger, N. (2019). Personal, Political, and Professional: The Impact of Carolyn Merchant’s Life and Leadership. In K. Worthy, E. Allison, & W. Bauman (Eds.), After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human-Nature Relations (pp. 119–131). Routledge.
