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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 352 - American Environmental History 3 hours


Analysis of American environmental history from the colonial period to the present. This course considers the interrelationships between human society and the natural world in different bioregions of North America, focusing upon how ideas, attitudes, traditions, institutions and technologies have reshaped and have been reshaped by ecosystems. It traces American Indian ecology, agricultural land use, natural resource conservation, urban pollution and modern environmental movements. It offers special attention to social constructions of the environment such as romantic mysticism, utilitarian instrumentalism and ecological science. Cross-listed as ENVS 352 . Prerequisite: Junior standing.