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Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
Professor Mazzotta lectures on the final cantos of Paradise (XXX-XXXIII). The pilgrim's journey through the physical world comes to an end ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
The last class of the semester consists of a brief recapitulation of topics in the Divine Comedy addressed throughout the course, followed ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
Professor Mazzotta continues his discussion of the Heaven of the Sun (Paradise X-IV), where the earthly disputes between the Franciscan and ...
Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB 122)
There are several explanations for the evolution of sex and its continued prevalence. One is facilitating the spread ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
Professor Mazzotta introduces students to the general scheme and scope of the Divine Comedy and to the life of its author. Various genres ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
The final cantos of Inferno are read with a view to the role of the tragic within Dante's Comedy. Using Dante's discussion of tragedy in ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
In this lecture, Professor Mazzotta moves from the terrace of pride (Purgatory X-XII) to the terrace of wrath (Purgatory XVI-XVII). The relationship ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
This lecture deals primarily with Purgatory XIX, XXI and XXII. The ambiguity of the imagination discussed in the preceding lecture as the ...
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310)
In this lecture, Professor Mazzotta examines Paradise XVIII-XIX and XXI-XXII. In Paradise XVIII, Dante enters the Heaven of Jupiter, where ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Prior to the Demographic Transition, fertility in northwestern Europe was controlled by limiting marriage. Marriage was regulated ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
In many regions, the central cultural idea is that of a lineage, a family and its line of male ancestors and descendants....
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
European population grew only slowly during the period 1200-1700; factors include disease and wars. Human feces and rotting ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Census data is often politically influenced and hence inaccurate. The birthrate in developing countries is nearly twice that ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
1) Population in China: Until recently, Chinese families did not much alter their fertility depending on life events like ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Families lived together in traditional China and sons remained on the land; division of family land led to tiny plots and ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Chimpanzee males compete for position in a dominance hierarchy; status often depends on support from other members, including ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Concerns about low fertility have been present in many countries for at least 100 years. A large population was considered ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Surveys show that most women are having more children than they would prefer to have. Further, studies show that the vast ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Data shows, consistently, that poor people have more children than rich people; economically speaking, children are an inferior ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
China's early demographic history is similar to that of Europe; population grows only slowly due to war, disease and Malthusian ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
Rates of teen pregnancy in the US are quite high, in contrast to European countries which have much lower rates, especially ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
In East and South Asia there are many more boys than girls. Previously, this resulted from female infanticide, now it is ...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
By 1950, in most of the underdeveloped world, mortality had fallen to about half its pre-modern rate. The birth rate, however,...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
The idea that "life begins at conception" is not a scientific one. Since the disproof of 'spontaneous generation' (1668-1859),...
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150)
World population will continue to rise until at least 2050. Environmental impact is the product of the number of people and ...

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