HIST 224 U.S. Environmental History (US)
This course examines the interactions of society, nature, and power in North American and United States history with emphasis over the period from pre-conquest to the present. The primary objective is to understand the ways in which changes in the natural world and changes in human societies have been integral, interdependent parts of history. We will focus on three major themes: First, we will study how nature, and people’s use of nature, shaped social, political, and economic systems. Second, we will consider some of the ways that people thought about nature and their place in it. And third, we will examine how people’s thoughts and actions altered nature, and the consequences of those alterations for both nature and society.