HS
240
Environmental History
4 cr.
(4-0-0)
- Offered: Contact Department
- Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin
This introductory course covers three topics: the cultural history of modern ecological consciousness, the development of the historical sub-discipline of environmental history, and the political economy of environmental change under neoliberal capitalism. In addition, it addresses historical questions of race, class, gender (eco-feminism in particular), sexuality, and social justice as they relate to the environment.