History of Agriculture

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Agriculture is both viewed as essential to civilization and as the critical development in fundamentally altering the human relationship to the environment (its soil, air and water systems). It is the examination of these contrasting realities that is at the heart of this course. Using Mazoyer and Roudart\2019s History of World Agriculture, this course examines the 10,000 year trajectory of agricultural intensification in multiple places in the world with an emphasis in Africa, Europe and the United States. Course Attributes: Environ Science/Studies Elect, Humanities Elect/Integrations, Oral Communication Flag, Peace & Justice Studies Minor, Quantitative Reason Flag Full College of Arts & Sciences History