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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HI 316 - Food and Hunger in History

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course explores themes and issues relating to social and cultural dimensions of food and food shortages in past times. The course ranges widely across time and space and adopts an explicitly comparative approach. Topics examined include the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, the historical development of food production and distribution systems, the emergence of staple crops as commodities, and the causes and consequences of food shortages. Region: United States/Europe/Asia/Africa/Latin America depending on topic. Note:   This course may be offered as a “Civilizations and Cultures” course (HI 316X), a “Writing Intensive” course (316W), or both (316WX). Prerequisite(s): HI 103  and HI 104 . This course may be offered as a “Civilizations and Cultures” course (HI 316X), a “Writing Intensive” course (316W), or both (316WX).