Course Description
Introduction to the discipline of environmental history. Readings will seek to expose students to the variety of methodological approaches employed by environmental historians. Though much of the reading will focus on the United States environmental history, there will also be a significant world component to the course.
Athena Title
COLL ENV HIST
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in HIST 7750
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The main objectives of the course are to introduce students to the field of environmental history, to illustrate a variety of methodological models for doing environmental history, and to raise questions about comparative environmental historiographies.
Topical Outline
1.Environmental History and Pre-History 2.Nature and Imperialism 3.Environmental History of Agriculture in North America 4.Urban Environmental History 5.Water and the Development of the American West 6.The Conservation Movement in National and International Context 7.Warfare and Nature 8.Trans-national and Comparative Environmental History 9.Public Health, the Body, and Environmental History 10.Incorporating Race, Class, and Gender into Environmental History 11.Environmental History and the Culture of Consumption 12.European Environmental History 13.African Environmental History 14.South and East Asian Environmental History 15.Latin American Environmental History 16.Conceptualizing World Environmental History