STS.038 Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005, Fall 2006
Highlights of this Course
This course features an extensive list of
readings with corresponding reading questions as well as a copy of its final
exam.
Course Description
A survey of how America has become the world's largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the perspective of energy and its relationship to politics, diplomacy, the economy, science and technology, labor, culture, and the environment. Topics include muscle and water power in early America, coal and the Industrial Revolution, electrification, energy consumption in the home, oil and U.S. foreign policy, automobiles and suburbanization, nuclear power, OPEC and the 70's energy crisis, global warming, and possible paths for the future.