Fulfills the LAMA requirement for History Majors and Minors
How did mosquitoes shape empires? How did bananas topple regimes? How did an ocean current change a countrys diet? These are some of the questions we will address in this course, weaving together two threads of inquiry. We will study historical ideas about nature, science, extraction, and technology, as they appeared embedded in specific power structures. On the other, we will examine the impact of the physical environment on human history in the form of weather events, crop diseases, or topographies. Discussions will also highlight issues around the commodification of nature, climate change, and environmental justice.
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