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5.00 Credits
An exploration of scientific, social, cultural, political, and ethical contexts in the history of infectious diseases and epidemics. Particular attention is given to how the social framing of epidemiological thought has shaped responses by societies, how public health is an intrinsically political matter, and how we can envision the place played by social justice perspectives in fashioning global public health.
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5.00 Credits
This course explores the social and cultural history of London from the 1830s to 1900. Particular emphasis is placed on the strong contrast that Victorian London offered between imperial splendor and grinding misery. Students will examine Victorian perception and experiences of London poverty, filth, prostitution, and assorted vices, as well as art, culture, entertainment and social reform movements.
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4.00 Credits
A two-course sequence focusing on a major theme in human experience and culture over a significant period of time. Courses emphasize either broad global interconnections or the construction of Western culture in its global context. Courses may address Civilization & the City; Explorations, Migrations and Nations; Imperial West; Slavery and Unfreedom; and other topics.
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5.00 Credits
Study of the history of sexuality in modern Europe. Examination of topics such as the politics of prostitution, abortion, and pornography; changing sexual norms and practices; the invention of homosexuality and heterosexuality; the social construction of sexual identities; professional and state involvement in the supervision and regulation of sexualities; intersections of sexuality with gender, ethnicity and race, nationality, class, and religion; connections between sexuality and imperialism, nationalism, economics, politics, and culture; sexual communities and movements.
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5.00 Credits
Social, political, economic, and cultural development from the 17th to the 21st centuries. State formation from monarchy to socialism. Cultural history from Confucianism to the present, and issues of poverty and population. We will discuss indigenous forces shaping Chinas modern evolution, and the role of western powers as well. Special emphasis on the rise of China as a modern power. May be taken without first taking 147A.
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the fall of the Roman Empire through the collapse of the Roman Empire. Formerly numbered HIST 11.
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 17th century. Formerly numbered HIST 12.
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the 17th century to the present. Formerly numbered HIST 13.
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4.00 Credits
Survey of Central America from independence to the present. Focus on three Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Emphasis on recent developments; social, economic, and political problems (militarism, dictatorship); and the nature of U.S. policy vis-?-vis Central America.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Political, economic, social, and intellectual aspects of America in an era of industrialization, international involvement and domestic change.
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