The Fur Trade: Law, Order, Society, and Culture

3 credits · Undergraduate

This seminar covers political, legal, social, and cultural aspects of the fur trade from the pre-contact period to the present. Beyond political history, the course also analyzes the role of the environment; how perceptions of the environment and ecological relations have changed; and the relationship between the fur trade, environmental conservation movements, and neocolonialism. Assignments include land-based learning, online map-making and map- correcting, and a final term paper. Prerequisite(s): FNST 100-3