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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