HIST 322 Empire and Environment 4.0 Credits
This course will deal with how colonial rule altered the environment including agrarian societies, rivers, forests, cities, human-animal and human-insect relations in colonial settings through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will learn about the colonial improvement missions of producing the tropical landscapes, productive agriculture, irrigation canals, dammed rivers and the creation of new environmental subjects in the empire.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit