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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the challenges of political independence in Africa. Using case studies of selected African countries, this course examines the prospects for democracy, the problems of economic development, the challenges of political corruption, and the legacy of colonialism in Africa today. (R)
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This course provides a general survey of the changing relations between East Asian countries and the United States in the 20th century, with an emphasis on East Asian countries. Beginning with early encounters between East Asia and the U.S., the course will explore the major political, economic, military, and cultural develoments, as well as the dynamics underlying them, that have shaped confrontation and cooperation between various East Asian countries and the U.S. in the past 100 years. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the major topics in African American history from the emergence of the ancient African Kingdoms to the Civil War. Emphasis will be placed on the use of a multidimensional approach to analyze African American culture, lifestyles, and related issues. Major themes related to the African American experience in America, as well as experiences throughout antebellum society, will be examined. (PM)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the major topics in African American history from the Civil War to the end of the Civil Rights era. Emphasis is placed on the use of a multidimensional approach to analyze African American culture, lifestyles, and related issues. Major themes such as racism, assimilation, separatism, Pan-Africanism, desegregation, and civil rights are examined. (S)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on two major topics: ways of historical thinking and methods of historical research. Among the varied topics of consideration are historical method, the philosophy of history, the history of historical writing, the life and works of several historians, and conflicting interpretations of historical events.
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3.00 Credits
An integrated survey of the history, society, art, and literature of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age to Alexander the Great. No prerequisite. Cross-listed as CLAS 301.
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3.00 Credits
An integrated survey of the history, society, art, and literature of ancient Rome, from the early Republic to the height of the Roman Empire. No prerequisite. Cross-listed as CLAS 302.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar treats the tumultuous history of one of China's most important cities-Shanghai-in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We will read and discuss several major works of recent scholarhip on various aspects of the city, focusing on issues of class formation, organized crime, urban identity, industrial labor, foreign influence, and search for modernity. Students will also be required to write a substantial research paper. Offered every other yea r. HIST 245 -G Imperial Chi na and HIST 244 -G Modern Chi na strongly recommended although not required . (R)
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3.00 Credits
This reading and research seminar provides an opportunity for an in-depth investigation of the Chinese Communist revolution, as well as a sophisticated understanding of the role of the person commonly known to have shaped and led the revolution-Mao Zedong. The course will proceed in a chronological order, tracing Mao' s footsteps from his early years as a country boy, a radical student, to his 27-year position a s China? ? paramount leader. Important topics include the signification of Marxism-Leninism, the emergence of Maoism, the "Continuous Revolutio n," Chi na's position in the world, the Cultural Revolution , and Mao's legaci es for t oday's China. Students will also be required to write a comprehensive review essay on a topic of their own ch oosing. HIS T 245-G Imperia l China and HIS T 244-G Moder n China strongly recommended although not req uire
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3.00 Credits
The subject of this seminar is law and judicial practice in Late Imperial China, particularly during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Among the questions we will seek to answer are: What was the purpose of codified law? Upon what basis was such law forumulated? What areas of life did law seek to govern? To what degree did codified law either reflect or determine social values? What difference, if any, existed between statutory law and actual judicial practice? And, finally, what can the study of the late imperial legal tradition tell us about Chinese society and culture during this period? We will approach these questions by considering statutory law from two angles; as an instrument of state authority designed to enforce a particular social and political order, and as a field of social intereaction within which ordinary people utilized judicial institutions to seek justice and redress for personal grievances. Prerequisites: HIST 245-G Imperial China is strongly recommended. ( S, PM)
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