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HIST 100S PO - The Science of Empire

CrsNo HIST100S PO

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2014.
Instructor(s): P. Chu

This seminar explores the history of science in connection with the expansion of European empires. We examine how knowledge about peoples and environments helped Europeans extend control around the world and how dynamics of power shaped scientific understandings. Our readings highlight the history of anthropology, ecology, geography and medicine, and the evolution of such concepts as race, ethnicity and nature.



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