HIST 1575 — Natural Disasters in World History

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ERNUpath SIusually offered: falltypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

Analyzes the history of natural disasters, focusing on the 1500s to the present. Offers training in methods of environmental, economic, political, and cultural history to address historical research questions about how people have tried to anticipate hazards, develop new tools for risk management, build infrastructures for relief, expand government capacity for disaster response, and remember victims.

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Fall 20251394881%9.0

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