Courses - Fall 2025
AMST328Y
Perspectives on Identity and Culture; A Hundred Silent Springs: Environmental Justice History in the Americas, 1862-1962
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross listed with HIST338L. Credit only granted for AMST328Y or HIST338L.
Through a focus on the history of agrochemicals-fertilizers and pesticides-this course traces the development of industrial agriculture and its impact from 1863 to 1962. Through influential case studies in "pest control" such as, arsenic and cotton, fumigants and fruit trees, and locusts epidemics, this course combines histories of race, abolition, plants, technology, and empire.
Through a focus on the history of agrochemicals-fertilizers and pesticides-this course traces the development of industrial agriculture and its impact from 1863 to 1962. Through influential case studies in "pest control" such as, arsenic and cotton, fumigants and fruit trees, and locusts epidemics, this course combines histories of race, abolition, plants, technology, and empire.
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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