HISTORY 742 A & B

Special Topic: Nature and Power


Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for HISTORY 742.

Description

This course examines the theory and practice of environmental history. Topics will include the role of animals, diseases and dynamic natural processes in human history as well as human impacts on the environment as modified through social relations and changing ecological philosophies and practices. Case studies will be taken from the Pacific, Asia, Russia, Europe and North America. Students will be offered the opportunity to write a research essay on a topic of their choosing within guidelines offered by the lecturer.

This special topic content is still provisional and pending approval.

To complete this course students must enrol in HISTORY 742 A and B.

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

HISTORY 742A: 15 points

HISTORY 742B: 15 points