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ENVS0215A-S15

Nature's Meanings

Nature's Meanings: American Experiences
Today’s ideas about "nature" have emerged from a complex history of diverse experiences, perceptions, and understandings of the bio-physical world, and of contests over that world. In this course we will investigate how American meanings of nature have changed from European-Native contact to the present. These questions will be addressed from multi-disciplinary perspectives in the humanities and will include attention to race, class, gender, and environmental justice. Topics and readings may include: Native American authors, Emerson, Thoreau, Marsh, Muir, Leopold, and Carson, as well as rural, urban, pastoral, and marine ecological contexts. 3 hrs. lect.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
20225
Subject Code:
ENVS
Course Number:
0215
Section Identifier:
A

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ENVS 0215

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Spring 2015

ENVS0215A-S15 Lecture (Brayton)