AMST 404 - Americans and Nature (3)

Shifting attitudes toward the natural environment among a range of Americans over time, from native inhabitants and early colonists to rural and urban dwellers today. Agrarian expansion, industrialization, transcendentalism, tourism, humans’ roles in “natural” disasters and history of environmental activism.

Prerequisites: Completion of G.E. Category D.2 or Category D.3 or graduate standing.

400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit