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3.00 Credits
A survey of economic, social, and political developments with the emphasis on understanding the causes and consequences of political and economic change.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
A new look at an old period: American commercial and diplomatic relations with the world, including Native Americans from 1775 to 1898. With the recent publication by the National Archives of the consular correspondence of the early years of the Department of State, new information is available on the patterns and problems of American commerce. This along with recent scholarship on leaders and policies bring an additional dimension to the historiography of the American Republic in the nineteenth century and the vital role that foreign commerce played in providing money for the operations of the Federal government. Incorporates new insights, information, and interpretations into the story of American relations with the world.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine religion in American life from the arrival of Europeans on the North American continent to the present. We will explore the impact religion has had on American society, culture, and politics, and how various faith traditions have been shaped, in turn, by their encounter with America. Courses themes will include the development of religious pluralism, the relationship between religion in the U.S. and the larger world, the persistence of religion in American culture, and American religious identity.
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Studies the emergence of colonial slave societies, their development in nation-states, and the demise of slavery. Emphasis on slave-free relations, the economics of slavery, and the impact of slavery on societal politics. How slaves developed their own subculture within a hegemonic society.
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3.00 Credits
1740-1880. This course explores one of the most dramatic and formative eras in our national history. Lectures and seminars focus on three major events: the imperial crisis of the 1760s, the War for Independence, and the creation of the Federal Constitution. Emphasis throughout is on the relationship between political events and trends in society and culture. Readings balance historical interpretations and primary sources so that we can all work towards our own judgments about this controversial period.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the First World War in terms of its social political, economic, cultural, and military impacts, both on Western Europe as well as Africa, Asia, and North America. Drawing on a range of primary sources, including government documents, personal narratives, fictional accounts, and film, the course places the First World War in global perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Major developments in American foreign policy from the American Revolution to the end of World War II. Special attention to the development and modification of ideas and principles in the evolution of American diplomacy in the nineteenth century and the impact of the various presidents and their secretaries of state.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of immigration to America from the advent of the great migration of the 1840s to the end of mass immigration in the 1920s. Discusses the causes of immigration; the adjustments of immigrants to American life; and the ethnic identities and cultures forged by American born descendants of the immigrants. Focuses on Irish, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese, and Japanese immigrants and ethnics as well as other groups that were part of this era of mass immigration to America.
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3.00 Credits
The development of American policies toward the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and mainland China from World War II to the 1970s. The influence of domestic political policies and the role of the United Nations, as well as major aspects of historical interpretation of the period.
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