History (HIST) - Bodies and Nature in the Environmental Era

HIST 2167  Bodies and Nature in the Environmental Era

Prerequisites:

Six credits of History at the 1000 level or 24 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

HIST 3277, HIST 3275 and HIST 2275

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine the cultural and political history of environmentalism. Only once industrialization removed humans and their bodies from the need to wrest daily survival from nature could nature become a source of rest and relaxation and something to be preserved. Topics will include the conservation and environmental movements; the history of parks, protected areas, and wilderness recreation as a form of healthy living; and reactions to industrial and chemical pollution.