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College Catalog 2014-2015 
    
College Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 283 - Amazon: A Cultural History


This course traces depictions of the Amazon rainforest from the 16th century to the present with an emphasis on three central allegories - the Amazon as cultural crossroads; the Amazon as untapped economic resource; and the Amazon as a-historical paradise (or hell). Every other year. (4 Credits)