HIS 39D - 01 Floods, Epidemics, and Famine: Environmental History of the Early Modern Atlantic World
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- Undergraduate
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- Class Number
- 71306
- Type
- Lecture
- Instruction Mode
- In Person
- Credits
- 5 units
- General Education
- PE-E
- Status
Open
- Available Seats
- 27
- Enrollment Capacity
- 35
- Enrolled
- 8
- Wait List Capacity
- 0
- Wait List Total
- 0
Description
Familiarizes undergraduates with environmental history as a discipline, as well as introduce them to the early modern period and the Atlantic World as a region of study by focusing on themes such as climate shifts and crises, the spread of epidemic disease, and the relationship between the environment and colonialism. Course does not assume previous experience with history courses and is intended to be a broad survey encompassing several regions of study. It is arranged both thematically and geographically and emphasizes environmental change throughout the early modern period to give a broad geographical overview of major environmental topics during the 15th through 18th centuries.
Class Notes
From the Instructor: The purpose of this course is to familiarize undergraduate students with environmental history as a discipline, as well as introduce them to the early modern period and the Atlantic World as a region of study by focusing on themes such as climate shifts and crises, the spread of epidemic disease, and the relationship between the environment and colonialism. This course does not assume previous experience with history courses and is intended to be a broad survey that encompasses several major regions of study. The course is arranged both thematically and geographically and emphasizes environmental change in the context of the eastern and southern coasts of the United States, the Caribbean, central and southeastern Mexico, Brazil, West Africa, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe throughout the early modern period to give a broad geographical overview of major environmental topics during the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries.
Meeting Information
Days & Times |
Room |
Instructor |
Meeting Dates |
MW 01:00PM-04:30PM |
J Baskin Engr 165 |
Milton,P. |
07/25/22 - 08/26/22 |
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