HIST 3410 - History of Food

4 Credit Hours

Description
What does soup have to do with labor rights in 16th-century France? Why did the ancient Romans legislate how many chickens could be served at a dinner party? How did Chicago change the American farming landscape? This course examines the ways that people have used food to engage with their social worlds and debate issues such as health, industrialization, and power structures. Looking at the way food has been produced and consumed, the course considers a wide range of topics, including: the history of cookbooks, public eating and restaurants, agriculture from its origins to “urban farms,” hunger, food taboos, networks of food production, disordered eating, and modern food movements.Global Scholars course. Global Scholars course.