HIST 287 - History of Everyday Life in the Modern Middle East and North Africa

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Wellesley College

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Description:

Kapteijns NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Using sources such as legal documents, memoirs, chronicles, literature, and monographs from several dis-ciplines, the course will explore in depth the quality and rhythms of life in a variety of urban and rural settings through an investigation of specific institutions, patterns of behavior, modes of work and residence, popular entertainment and popular culture. Students will study specific cases to develop an appreciation of how people of all classes experienced and responded to critical issues in modern history, such as the growing power of the centralizing state, urbanization, economic scarcity and opportunity, changing patterns of religious practice, gender relations, identity, the challenge of western secular values, the impact of national and regional politics, and the uneven, but inexor-able integration of the region into the global economy. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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