University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

HI3194: The Environment Since 1945

Semester 1 | Credits: 10

This module explores the rise of the environment as an issue for public debate, government policy, and international activism since the Second World War. It examines the factors that shaped popular consciousness of environmental degradation and ecological change; the emergence of a global environmental movement in response to those processes; and the impact of those developments on individuals and communities.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the key events, people, and ideas in environmental history since the Second World War.
2. Explain the processes of environmental policy-making and activism.
3. Apply the methods of environmental history.
4. Analyse the impact of environmental change on peoples, states, and economies.
5. Summarise the factors that shaped historical responses to environmental change.
6. Assess the relative importance of various people, events, organisations, ideologies, and technologies in influencing historical understanding of the environment.

Assessments

• Continuous Assessment (100%)

Teachers

•  HELENA CONDON 🖂
  
•  KEVIN O'SULLIVAN 🖂
  

Reading List

1. "A History of Environmentalism" by Marco Armiero,Lise Sedrez
   ISBN: 9781441115720.
   Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
2. "The Great Acceleration" by J. R. McNeill,Peter Engelke
   ISBN: 9780674545038.
   Publisher: Harvard University Press
3. "A Companion to Global Environmental History" by J. R. McNeill,Erin Stewart Mauldin
   ISBN: 9781118977538.
   Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
4. "The Environment" by Paul Warde,Libby Robin,Sverker Sörlin
   ISBN: 9781421440026.
   Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press