Course16 lectures18 h 11 min
EPS 170 - Fall 2007
George Brimhall · University of California, Berkeley
About
EPS 170 - Fall 2007 - Intersection of geological processes with American cultures in the past, present, and future. Overview of ethnogeology including traditional knowledge of sources and uses of earth materials and their cultural influences today. Scientific approach to study of tectonic controls on the genesis and global distribution of energy fuels, metals, and industrial minerals. Evolution and diversity of opinion in attitudes about resource development, environmental management, and conservation on public, private, and tribal lands. Impending crisis in renewable energy and the imperative of resource literacy. Also listed as Letters and Science 170AC.
Crossroads of Earth Resources and Society
Lectures
- Road Map of Class
- The Great Basin during the Holocene and Peopling the Land
- The West - A Country of Illusion
- Alternative Energy in the West
- American Indian World Views
- Western Scientific Method (technical problem - distorted audio)
- The California Gold Rush
- Chinese in the Gold Rush
- Geronimo and the San Carlos Apaches of Arizona
- Impact of the South Dakota Gold Rush on the Plain Indians (clips played during lecture have ...
- Nuclear Power
- Winning the West
- Role of Governmental Agencies (clips played during lecture have been removed)
- Misuse of Land - Japanese Internment Camps
- How to Conduct a Research Project
- Desertification and Global Change
Credits and licence
- Institution
- University of California, Berkeley
- Teacher
- George Brimhall
- Year
- 2007
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Earth and environment
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Licence
- Internet Archive states no licence for it. Internet Archive's terms
- Attribution
- 2006 Regents of the University of California
- Who can watch
- Internet Archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Tweens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed