HIST 150 PZ -History of New Orleans

Institution: Pitzer

Description: The study of New Orleans brings together many critical issues in social, cultural, and environmental history. From its beginnings as a crescentâ€shaped section of rare high ground used seasonally by Indigenous Americans, the site of New Orleans serves as a focus to analyze local experiences with processes of European colonization, African American slavery, migration, urbanization, epidemic disease, industrialization, environmental catastrophe, and climate change. The course emphasizes issues of social and environmental justice by critically examining the cityâ€™s history of racism, inequality, and ecological vulnerability.

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