Food, Hunger and Power in the Modern World
This course explores how conflicts over food shaped the modern world. We compare shifting interpretations of famine (in Ireland, India, and Ethiopia), and explore how food became a "weapon of war" during the World Wars. Finally, the course analyzes how race, gender, and class shaped American food and welfare policies.
Acquire exposure to varied methodological approaches to studying food and hunger; complete a historical research project; learn the relevance of food for many pressing contemporary concerns.
Acquire exposure to varied methodological approaches to studying food and hunger; complete a historical research project; learn the relevance of food for many pressing contemporary concerns.