HISTORY 725 / Environmental History: Canada in InternationalPerspective

3 unit(s)

K. Cruikshank

In this reading seminar, we focus on an emerging literature in environmental history in Canada, in the context of the development of the field elsewhere. In doing so, we will explore the complicated ways in which the peoples of Canada have interacted with the dynamic biological world, from micro-organisms to mountains. We will consider how the natural world in which Canadians lived, worked and played changed, how ideas about nature changed, and how different social groups sought to shape and manage the natural world, and with what results.