HS 240 - Environmental History [INTT]

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: Contact Department

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
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.