US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal

TR 11-12:30; 56-162

Explores the interwoven threads of politics, economics, and the environment in the 20th century. Examines topics such as preservation, conservation, national park creation, federal projects, infrastructure, economic growth, hydrocarbon society, international development, nuclear power, consumer rights, public health crises, environmentalism, Earth Day, globalization, sustainability, and climate change. Studies how politics, economics, and environment converged in modern U.S. history, the “Green New Deal” and how its role promoting economic growth conflicts with its commitments to environmental management, and the emergence of the environmental movement.

Related Subjects

Offered Fall 2024

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.107 21G.043	Asian American History: 1865 to 1965 TR 1-2:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.143 21G.056	The “Making” of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present MW 11-12:30, 56-191	Elena Kempf	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.186	Nature and Environment in China T 2-5, E51-390	Tristan Brown	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.245 21G.086 17.57	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present Lecture: TR 1-2; 4-253 Recitation 1: F 1-2; Room 1-132 Recitation 2: F 1-2; Room 5-232	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.262	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict TR 1-2:30, 4-237	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.281	MIT and Slavery: Research MW 11-12:30, 4-146	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.315	American Consumer Culture W 11-1, E51-390	Caley Horan	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.990 STS.432	Narrating the Anthropocene: Understanding a Multi-Species Universe W 10-1, E51-275	Megan A. Black Kate Brown	Graduate

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.061	The History of American Presidential Elections Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate		Half term subject
21H.101	American History to 1865	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.102	American History since 1865	Caley Horan	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.106 24.912 21L.008 21W.741 CMS.150 WGS.190	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies M 2-4; 26-204	Danielle Wood	Introductory	HASS-H HASS-A	CI-H
21H.108 WGS.110	Sexual and Gender Identities	Caley Horan	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.134 14.70	Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective	Anne E. C. McCants	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 offered infrequently; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.157	Modern South Asia	Sana Aiyar	Introductory	HASS-S
21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084	Introduction to Latin American Studies	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.173	Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.181 17.035	Libertarianism	Malick W. Ghachem	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.185 12.386 STS.031	Environment and History	Staff	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.201	The American Revolution W 2-5; E51-275	Marjoleine Kars	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.203	The History of American Presidential Elections Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.205 STS.427	The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.211	The United States in the Nuclear Age Not offered regularly; consult department	Caley Horan	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.213 17.28	The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime	Christopher Capozzola Adam Berinsky	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.214	War and American Society Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.217 11.013	American Urban History TR 10-11; 9-450A	Glenn	Seminar	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.218	History of the Built Environment in the US Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.220 11.150	Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.226 11.015	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.227	History of the US Supreme Court Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.228	American Classics Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.229	The Black Radical Tradition in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.260	Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.282	MIT and Slavery: Publication Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.283	The Indigenous History of MIT	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.319	Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law	Malick W. Ghachem	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.320	Gender and the Law in US History Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.321 11.026	Downtown Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.322	Christianity in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.350	Business in China Since 1800 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.361	Echoes of Slavery: Recovering the Histories of Enslaved People (NEW)	Marjoleine Kars	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.380 U 21A.411 U 21H.980 G 21A.419 G	People and Other Animals Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.383 U 21H.982 G	Technology and the Global Economy	Anne E. C. McCants	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.920 G 21H.290 U	Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to the Present	Anne E. C. McCants Ian Kumekawa	Graduate Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.981	Seminar in Nature, Environment, and Empire Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Graduate
21H.984 STS.414	Risk, Fortune, and Futurity	Caley Horan Will Deringer	Graduate
21H.989 G	Histories of Extraction and Mining	Megan A. Black	Graduate