Epidemics, Empires, and Environment

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Analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on the social, cultural, and political landscapes from the Black Death to the present. Course themes include: environmental and biological components contributing to infectious disease; development of public health measures; intersection of disease control and imperialism; social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; rise of the germ theory of disease; and the impact of industrialization and globalization on the ecological transmission of disease. prereq: BIOL 2311