Price paper topics and transition

Topic: Discuss a specific point and example from Price and compare it with an outside case study, either past or present.  I would suggest that your focus be on some aspect of the meanings we give to nature, but you may propose a different focus.  Your paper should be 4-5 double spaced pages with references in MLA, Chicago or APA style.

• you don't need to look at a controversy but you do need to have a thesis
• find another similar case and think about how were the patterns the same, how were the patterns different
• or you can research an argument against the argument Price makes about some example

What does Price mean in writing about the meanings we give to nature?
what different meanings over time have people given to the passenger pigeon and its extinction?

• abundance from heaven--a symbol of the extravagantly plentiful resources of the new world
• fun, sport, entertainment--hunting/fishing as a competitive sport
  
• money on the wing--they are an economic opportunity
• cultural bonding--a shared experience between different regions to help unify the United States
• a cautionary tale of human greed
• we think nature can take care of itself but we have more impact than we realize (that was new at the time)
• tension between sport hunting/fishing and commercial; the use of nature for middle/upper class pursuits is seen very differently than those making a living
• the difference is exaggerated
• should we bring back the passenger pigeon and other extinct species--some people see nature as something we can increasingly shape and control
  
• reintroduce them to nature?
• or keep them in zoos
• would that make us take extinction less seriously
• how would it effect the ecosystem if you release them in the wild
• what would the unintended consequences be?
• would that be too unnatural
  

how do the books we have discussed so far fit together