ANTH 244 - Plagues, Culture And History

Institution:

SUNY at Binghamton

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Description:

Overview of how plagues and epidemics have shaped human history. Examines how social transformations such as sedentism, animal and plant domestication and urbanism have produced novel forms of human/disease interactions. How infectious disease has been conceptualized at different times and by different cultural groups and treated as a threat to the social order. Currently, epidemics of new, highly virulent infectious diseases are occurring globally. Causes of this phenomenon and its implications for the future health of humans are explored.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.binghamton.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 777-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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