Courses - Fall 2026
HIST403
Credit only granted for: HIST403 or HIST428P.
Formerly: HIST428P.
What counts as valuable and what counts as trash? Who gets to decide? Who produces trash and who picks it up? By answering these questions, students will explore how humans have produced, dealt with, and ignored trash and recycling in the 19th and 20th century in both urban and rural settings.
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