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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Begins with the arrival of Africans in bondage in Virginia in 1619. Studies original materials, significant historical writings, film, and literary works to consider slavery, blacks in the American Revolution, the abolitionist movement, blacks in the Civil War, and efforts to create a new postslavery society in the South. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Uses documentary sources, visual materials, and historical works to focus upon the defeat of Reconstruction; African Americans and the emergence of imperialism, migrations and urbanization; African Americans and the world wars; the Harlem Renaissance; African Americans and the Great Depression; and postwar movements from civil rights to black power to the present-day battles for freedom and justice. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Explores such topics as Africa before colonization, South Africa, militarism and post-colonialism, and the Pan-African movement. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Explores the following questions: How have ideas about race developed and changed? How have science, social science, law, politics, art, and literature shaped definitions of race and in turn affected race relations and racism? Considers the historical experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and white ethnic groups. Prieto.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies women's lives and roles from pre- Columbian times to 1890. Examines women's experiences in households and families, at work, and in diverse communities. Focuses on racial, class, ethnic, and regional differences among women. Also explores changing definitions of femininity and masculinity. Course materials include a wide range of primary documentary and visual sources as well as historical essays. Prieto, Crumpacker.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Studies women's lives and roles from 1890 to the present. Examines women's experiences in households and families, at work, and in diverse communities. Focuses on racial, class, ethnic, and regional differences among women. Also explores changing definitions of femininity and masculinity. Course materials include a wide range of primary documentary and visual sources as well as historical essays. Prieto, Crumpacker.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Not offered in 2008 - 2010]. Traces the history of Spanish-speaking peoples across geographic areas that later became part of the U.S. Topics include immigration, expansion and imperialism, assimilation, civil rights movements, labor, and how the largest three Latino groups (Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, and Puerto Ricans) conceptualized and experienced class, family, religion, and gender roles. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Not offered in 2008 - 2010]. Surveys the development of the region's economic and social life from 1492 to the present and concentrates on contemporary forces, such as the economy, politics, and social relations. Places special emphasis on the impact of the United States on the region and present-day economic relations, power structures, and social changes. Brinck-Johnsen.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Traces the transformation of a pre modern family centered system equating sexuality with reproduction into the 20th-century concept of sexuality as a form of identity and self-expression. Explores the connections between changes in sexuality and historically specific events and trends. Considers the roles gender, race, and class have played in changing definitions of what constitutes a "family."Prieto.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Examines the changing functions of American cities from the colonial period to the present and discusses the ways their racially and ethnically diverse populations have interacted and lived together. Focuses on Boston with several field trips to neighborhoods and historical sites. Larson.
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