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HIST110E PO - The Science of Empire

When Offered: Offered alternate years, next offered fall 2017.
Instructor(s): P. Chu
Credit: 1

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 in colonial places, and how networks of commerce, travel, and exchange shaped European science. Through reading and research, we explore histories of geography, botany, and anthropology, and the evolution of such concepts as race, ethnicity, and nature. Previously offered as HIST100S PO.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Writing Intensive



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