HIST 2062
Global Environmental History
Course Description
This course examines the relationship between humanity and the global biosphere from the prehistoric era to present. Focus will be given to the modern era by placing environmental transformations at the center of the history of globalization. Topics will include industrialization, energy, pandemics, invasive species, warfare, climate change, land development, and conceptions of environment, health, and disease. d nature in Sri Lanka, and Mao's was against nature in postcolonial China, etc.