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Courses - Fall 2025
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Open Seats as of
03/29/2025 at 07:30 AM
HIST338L
Special Topics in History; A Hundred Silent Springs: Environmental Justice History in the Americas, 1862-1962
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
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.