The Environment and Epidemics: Two Centuries of Catastrophe

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This course examines the environment and disease in the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. These two centuries witnessed grave global environmental changes, namely the Little Ice Age, which resulted in severe famine, widespread disease, and massive political turmoil. The study of these two centuries will place many of today's issues regarding climate change and the environment into greater perspective. Since the course will examine the global impact of environmental issues, students will be exposed to the diversity of problems that affected people throughout the world.