HIST0222B-S18
US Env Hist Nature Inequality
United States Environmental History: Nature and Inequality
In this course we will study the interactions between diverse groups and their physical environments to understand how humans have shaped and in turn been shaped by the material world. Topics include: ecological change with European conquest; industrialization and race and class differences in labor, leisure, and ideas of “nature”; African American environments South and North; the capitalist transformation of the American West, rural and urban; Progressive conservation and its displacement of Native Americans and other rural groups; chemical- and petroleum-based technologies and their unexpected consequences; and the rise of environmentalism and its transformation by issues of inequality and justice. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
In this course we will study the interactions between diverse groups and their physical environments to understand how humans have shaped and in turn been shaped by the material world. Topics include: ecological change with European conquest; industrialization and race and class differences in labor, leisure, and ideas of “nature”; African American environments South and North; the capitalist transformation of the American West, rural and urban; Progressive conservation and its displacement of Native Americans and other rural groups; chemical- and petroleum-based technologies and their unexpected consequences; and the rise of environmentalism and its transformation by issues of inequality and justice. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
- Term:
- Spring 2018
- Location:
- Axinn Center 103(AXN 103)
- Schedule:
- 9:05am-9:55am on Monday, Friday (Feb 12, 2018 to May 14, 2018)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Kathryn Morse
- Subject:
- History
- Department:
- History
- Division:
- Humanities
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AMR CW HIS NOR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- HIST0222A-S18 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22159
- Subject Code:
- HIST
- Course Number:
- 0222
- Section Identifier:
- B