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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey the history of the British Isles from to 1 688 the present day. It will provide a full portrait of society and culture in the British Isles, focusing on the development of political institutions, the changing nature of imperialism during modern times, the relationship between the economy and the experience of daily life, and the changing nature of British intellectual and cultural achievements. Formerly HIST 322, British Civilization: 1 688 to Present. Not open to students who have received credit for HIST 322.
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3.00 Credits
A topical study of the way in which war and revolution have impacted the development of Europe in the 1 9th and 20th centuries. Topics include the French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe; the revolutions of 1 848; the Russian revolutions; World War I; totalitarianism; and World War II. Formerly HIST 204. Not open to students who have received credit for HIST 204.
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3.00 Credits
By making use of extensive primary, secondary, and visual sources, this class will analyze and discuss the important religious, social, and economic transformations that the Jewish people went through as they entered, adapted to, and also helped shape the modern world. We will assess both Jewish people's perspective as well as those of the societies in which they lived.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1 881 to the present. After an introductory section on the development of capitalism, modernization, and the revolutionary movement in late imperial Russia, the bulk of the course will examine the formation, growth, decay, and dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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3.00 Credits
This class will survey the early history of the state that becomes Russia, from the formation of the first East Slavic state (Kievan Rus') to the accession of Peter the Great and the founding of the Russian empire. Specific topics will include the adoption of Christianity by the East Slavs and religious dissent; East Slav relations with steppe nomads and the impact of Mongol rule; state building and civil war; autocracy versus republicanism; and the continuities and discontinuities between the medieval East Slavic states (Kievan Rus', Mongol Rus', Novgorod, and Muscovy). The course will focus on three overarching themes: the structure and coercive power of the state; relations between social classes and the state; and political ideology and identity.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of imperial Russia (from 1 700 to 1 917). Themes include the formation and nature of the modern Russian state; the creation of the Russian empire; social and economic organization, the development and abolition of serfdom, and the experiences of peasants and nobility; westernization and the limits of westernization; the development of the Russian intelligentsia and the birth of the revolutionary movement; and the modernization of Russia in the decades before World War I. Formerly HIST 341. Not open to students who have received credit for HIST 341.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Chinese history to 1 840. Investigated are the political, economic, and social forces that shaped and altered China over centuries; also highlighted is how the experience of traditional China relates to modern times and the rest of the world.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of Chinese history from 1 840 to the present. Emphasis is on the fate of traditional China in modern times, the conflicts and interactions between China and the West, the issue of Chinese communism, and the emergence of a new China in the age of reform.
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3.00 Credits
A history of Japan from antiquity to the present. Surveyed are the origin of the Japanese people; the making of Japanese culture and institutions; the challenge of modern times and Japanese responses; militarism and imperialism; the "miracle" of postwar development; and thedialogue between tradition and modernity in a changing world.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the development of African societies from ancient times to 1 800. It seeks to promote an understanding of how Africans produced indigenous and creative solutions to the challenge of creating sustainable societies in a pre-industrial age. The course pays particular attention to Africans' religious and political concepts, forms of economic and social organization, expressions of music, art and architecture, in the attempt to map the march of civilization on the African continent.
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