"Guns, Germs, and Wood: The Landscape of Settler Colonialism"

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In the nineteenth century, the United States dramatically adopted capitalist institutions. At the same time, the country suffered massive conflagrations, in city after city. This lecture, drawing on Daniel Immerwahr's research for his upcoming book, asks about the connection between rapid economic growth and chastening environmental catastrophes. Or, more bluntly, what was it like to live in a combustible country?

Professor Immerwahr is introduced by PSU Professors of History John Ott and Marc Rodriguez.

Date

4-18-2024

Disciplines

American Studies | United States History

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Daniel Immerwahr is Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. He is the author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, a national bestseller and winner of the Robert H. Ferrell Prize.

Immerwahr has been published in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The New Yorker Magazine, Harper's, and other venues. In 2024, his research for a new book focuses on a fire history of the United States.

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