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HIST 027: Local Harvest, Global Industry: History of the Production and Consumption of Food

Units: 4

Looks at various ways to understand the complex role of food in society. Explores Issues of food production and consumption, and how our relationship to food contributes to the political and social structures that we live with.

Course Details
Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Crosslisted with: CRES 027
Discussion included
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Intellectual Experience: Ethics
  • Intellectual Experience: Global Awareness
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Literary and Textual Analysis
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Societies and Cultures of the Past
  • Intellectual Experience: Sustainability

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Instructor Permission Required: No


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