HIST 497 (M1) - Explorations in Historical Perspectives
Exp/Nature & Environ US Hist
Term: Spring 2019 - UNHM Credit (15 weeks) (01/22/2019 - 05/13/2019)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 56817
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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1/23/2019 | 5/8/2019 | W | 1:01pm - 3:50pm | PANDRA P347 |
The study of environmental history requires more than simply learning about the North American landscape. The physical environment shaped the direction of American politics, migration, society, and economy. American ideas about nature, wilderness, science, and geography defined the relationship between people and the land, sea, and sky. In this class, we will unpack the complicated history of the American environment to discover how the inhabitants of the continent understood and interacted with the land, plants, animals, and ecological and scientific ideas of their time. We will uncover how the environment itself was a historical agent, at times allowing and other times limiting migration, expansion, construction, and extraction. We will also give considerable attention to urban and built landscapes like Manchester, New Hampshire and the specific environmental issues they face in the modern day.