The Columbia River

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This essay presents an argument in support of the thesis provided in Richard Wright's "The Organic Machine", that the Columbia River represents the hybridization of man and nature as "organic machine."

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"Most accounts of environmental crises pit the villain people against the hero nature. In Richard White's "The Organic Machine", the author explores the interrelationship of the Columbia River and people in a new light - one where he posits the river as an organic machine as an energy system which although modified by human inventions maintains its natural its unmade' qualities This analysis will explore White's unique theory in order to demonstrate why the Columbia River is indeed an organic machine Body

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