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AMST211

U.S. Environmental History

Subject code

AMST

Course Number

211

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

J. Hall

Course Long Title

U.S. Environmental History

Cross Listed Courses

Description

This course explores the relationship between the North American environment and the development and expansion of the United States. Because Americans' efforts (both intentional and not) to define and shape the environment were rooted in their own struggles for power, environmental history offers an important perspective on the nation's social history. Specific topics include Europeans', Africans', and Native Americans' competing efforts to shape the colonial environment; the impact and changing understanding of disease; the relationship between industrial environments and political power; and the development of environmental movements.

Modes of Inquiry

Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(History: Modern), (History: United States)

GEC This Course Belongs To

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