Sarah S. Elkind, Ph.D.
Environmental, urban and political history of
the United States
Department of History
San Diego State
University
San Diego, CA 92182-6050
(619) 594-0930
selkind@mail.sdsu.edu
Fall 2011 Courses:
History 110: U.S. History since the Civil War
History 584: Water, Sustainability and History: a historical exmaination of water resource conflicts, policy, economics, and environmental justice in the American West.
Open to all interested students.
Internships in Public History: Service learning opportunities at historical parks, museums and archives. An internship can satisfy the History 450w requirement for history majors and provide valuable work experience. Internships at Old Town San Diego State Historical Park are available for Fall 2011.
For advising for the Environmental Studies and Sustainability or Environment and Society programs, contact Professor Trent Biggs tbiggs@mail.sdsu.edu and Professor Matthew Lauer mlauer@mail.sdsu.edu.
Research:
- Environmental policy and policy formation:
How
do influential groups secure and exercise their influence, and why Americans
expand or constrain government services.
- Urban infrastructure and the urban environment
Water
supply, sewage networks, air pollution control, flood control, oil drilling and
regulation in cities, the public utility movement, and national water resources
planning.
- Cities and their environments:
Boston,
Massachusetts
Oakland
and Berkeley, California
Los
Angeles, California
Water
Resource Policy and Irrigation Development in Spain.
Public
History, Memory and the Construction of National Culture.
Influence:Interest Groups, Cities and
Environmental Politics from the 1920s to the 1950s. Under review, University of North
Carolina Press.
Bay Cities and
Water Politics: The Battle for
Resources in Boston and Oakland, 1880-1930,
University Press of Kansas, 1998.
Public Works and
Public Health: Reflections on
Urban Politics and Environment, 1880-1925, in Essays in Public Works History, no. 19, Public Works
Historical Society, 1999.
Articles
published on environmental justice, the history of public beaches, and the
impact of war on environmental policy.
For more information about my research and publications, see my curriculum vitae.
- Undergraduate Courses:
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History 110: US History since 1877
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History 441: Unnatural Disasters
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History 452: Advanced Internships in Public History
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History 584: Environmental History of the United States
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History 584: Press, Politics and the Environment
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History 584: Water in the West
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History 584: The Urban Environment
- Graduate Seminars
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American Political History
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Environmental History
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History of Los Angeles
Photo by
Beth Holmberg, 2008.
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