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21H.991J / STS.210J Theories and Methods in the Study of History, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
The purpose of this course is to acquaint you with a variety of approaches to the past used by historians writing in the twentieth century. Most of the books on the list constitute, in my view (and others), modern classics, ...
21L.448J / 21W.739J Darwin and Design, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
In the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin gave us a model for understanding how natural objects and systems can evidence design without positing a designer: how purpose and mechanism can exist without intelligent ...
21H.968J / STS.415J Nature, Environment, and Empire, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
This course is an exploration of the relationship between the study of natural history, both domestic and exotic, by Europeans and Americans, and concrete exploitation of the natural world, focusing on the eighteenth and ...
21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
Has there ever been an "Age of Reason?" In the western tradition, one might make claims for various moments during Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In this class, however, we will focus on the two and a ...
21H.302 The Ancient World: Rome, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
This course elaborates the history of Rome from its humble beginnings to the fifth century A.D. The first half of the course covers Kingship to Republican form; the conquest of Italy; Roman expansion: Pyrrhus, Punic Wars ...
21H.909 People and Other Animals, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
A historical survey of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives, for example: hunting, domestication of livestock, worship of animal gods, exploitation of animal labor, scientific study of ...