HIST 398 - New England Environmental History

Focuses on relationship between people and nature in New England from Ice Age to today. Explores cultural differences regarding how humans have related to nature as well as conflicts that have resulted from such differences, regional and global environmental consequences of New England=s incorporation into global markets, industrialization and urbanization, the rise of conservation and regional environmental movements, environmental racism, and the environmental legacies of industrialization and deindustrialization. Course will strive to emphasize collaborative and project-based learning.

Credits 1

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