HIST 0258 - U.S. Environmental History

Credits: 3

This course explores the interaction between humans and the natural environment throughout U.S. history from the pre-colonial era to the present. Special emphasis is placed upon American development patterns, such as settlement, agriculture, industrialization, urbanization, mass production, suburbanization, transportation, recreation, the corresponding environmental and social consequences, and the growth of environmental awareness, activism, and legislation. Environmental justice and the disproportionate burden of environmental pollution is an overarching theme of the course.


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