Spring 2024 History BC2380 section 001

HISTORY OF FOOD IN EUROPE

Call Number 00236
Day & Time
Location
MW 1:10pm-2:25pm
504 Diana Center
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Deborah Valenze
Type LECTURE
Course Description

Prerequisites: Previous course in history strongly recommended. Course enables students to focus on remote past and its relationship to social context and political and economic structures; students will be asked to evaluate evidence drawn from documents of the past, including tracts on diet, health, and food safety, accounts of food riots, first-hand testimonials about diet and food availability. A variety of perspectives will be explored, including those promoted by science, medicine, business, and government.

Web Site Vergil
Department History @Barnard
Enrollment 52 students (65 max) as of 8:06PM Monday, December 2, 2024
Subject History
Number BC2380
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20241HIST2380X001