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Nov 23, 2024
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIS 220 - U.S. Environmental History4 credits (Spring)
This course examines some of the central issues and debates in American environmental history, ranging from the era of pre-contact to the present day. Key topics will include: the shifting patterns of land use and resource management among Native American and settler communities; the ecological transformations wrought by commercial agriculture and industrial capitalism; the evolution of environmental policy; and the changing ways in which people have conceptualized and interacted with the natural world around them.
Prerequisite: HIS 100 or second-year standing.
Instructor: Guenther
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