2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

M-STO/04 (CONTEMPORARY HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 30/05/2018)

6

40 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

ZIGLIOLI BRUNO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Contemporary History exam recommended.

The course aims to analyse the coordinates of the history of the exploitation of natural resources, from the end of the 19th Century to the present, in a global perspective. Progressive discovery of the "environmental issue" in public debate and new emergencies (global warming, water crises, resource conflicts) are considered, also with analysis of case studies.

Section 1 - general (30h).
1) The environmental issue from ancient time to the Second Industrial Revolution.
2) The changes in the early twentieth century (1900-1950).
3) The Age of Great Transformations (1950-1985).
4) Globalization (1986-2008).
5) The crises and emergencies of the present and the future.

Section 2 - In-depth analysis (10h).
Environmental damage in industrial cities between recognition, repression and oblivion: the case of asbestos at Casale Monferrato and Broni.

Lectures with discussion of documents and sources.

Section 1:
Federico Paolini, "Breve storia dell'ambiente nel Novecento", Carocci, Roma 2009.

Section 2:
Bruno Ziglioli, "Sembrava nevicasse. La Eternit di Casale Monferrato e la Fibronit di Broni: due comunità di fronte all'amianto", FrancoAngeli, Milano 2016.

Oral exam.

Oral exam.