Course Description

History 313F/G Nature and American History: Environmentalism in American Culture, Society and Politics

This course examines the ambivalent relationship between United States society and its natural environment. Beginning with the translation of European ideas about "wilderness" during the colonization of the "New World," the course traces the development of a "nature ethic" that ran with and against American development. It will study cultural representations of nature, as well as political, economic, philosophical, and technological themes relating to environmentalism in the United States.

2 hours, half course, essay course.

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