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3.00 Credits
158A U.S. as a Global Power (4). Examines post-World War II cultural, economic, and strategic patterns that have shaped U.S. relations with the world. Presents diverse perspectives on issues such as nationalism, anticommunism, secrecy and covert action, economic influences, the media's role, and race, gender, and class-related stratifications. ( VIII) 158B Rise of U.S. Empire (4). Examines growth of U.S. empire from the eighteenth century to World War II. Considers settler colonialism; acquisition of colonies, protectorates, and dependencies; and "market empire."Emphasizes imperial justifications, techniques, and interactions, as well as the recurring domestic debates over imperial projects. ( VIII) LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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3.00 Credits
161A Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico (4). Examines the history of Colonial Mexico from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century. Focuses on the social, economic, and political evolution of the new Mexican society which resulted from the "meeting" of two cultures. (VIII)161B Nineteenth-Century Mexico (4). Examines the history of Mexico in the nineteenth century. Focuses on the social, economic, political, and cultural transformation of Mexico in the 1800s. Same as Chicano/Latino Studies 133A. ( VIII) 161C Twentieth-Century Mexico (4). Examines the history of contemporary Mexico beginning with the Mexican Revolution and concluding with the present administration. Social, economic, and political effects of the Revolution; formation of a "one-party democracy"; economic transformationof the nation; the present crisis. Same as Chicano/Latino Studies 133B. ( VIII)
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4.00 Credits
Overview of social, economic, and political developments since 1500.
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4.00 Credits
History of consumption and production of coffee over the centuries and coffee's cultural, economic, social, political consequences. Coffee's social life as a drug, symbol of hospitality, religious rite, sociability and bourgeois lifestyle, commodity, and source of livelihoods, imperial revenues, corporate profits. ( VIII)
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4.00 Credits
Exploration of the history of the archipelago from pre-Columbian times to the end of slavery; examining the impact of European colonization, decimation of the indigenous populations, African slavery, resistance, and emancipation; the unity and diversity of experience in region. Same as African American Studies 134A.
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4.00 Credits
Post-emancipation and anti-colonial struggles ending with political independence for most of the region. Examines social, political, economic, cultural dimensions of post-emancipation period, including large-scale migration to Central America, the U.S., and Britain; the region's global cultural and political contribution. Same as African American Studies 134B.
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4.00 Credits
Explores how native people of South America (Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina) with enslaved and free Africans incorporated, survived, and defied Spanish colonization. Focuses on religious adaptions, resistance movements, legal systems, and the emergence of new, multicultural identities and communities. (VIII)
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4.00 Credits
May be repeated for credit as topics vary. ( VIII) ASIAN HISTORY
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3.00 Credits
170D Premodern East Asia (4). Introduction to the histories of China, Korea, and Japan from the earliest states to about 1600. Topics include: state formation and dissolution; the role of ideology and how it changes; religious beliefs and values; agriculture, commerce, and industry; changing family relations. ( VIII) 170E East Asia: 1600-1895 (4). Introduction to China, Korea, and Japan from about 1600 to 1895. Establishment of Qing Chinese, late Choson Korean, and Tokugawa Japanese sociopolitical orders and their characteristics, plus major cultural developments. Responses to Western impact and the rise of Meiji Japan. ( VIII) 170F East Asia Since 1895 (4). Introduction to the turbulent modern histories of China, Korea, and Japan since 1895. An overarching concern is to understand the evolution of modern East Asia and its place for humankind's future. ( VIII) 170G Topics in the History of Asia (4). Topics include the cultural, political, economic, social, intellectual, and religious history of Asia. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. ( VIII)
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3.00 Credits
171D Chinese History to 1800 (4). A survey of the history of China to 1800. ( VIII) 171E Chinese History: 1800-1949 (4). An examination of Chinese society and thought from the late-eighteenth century to the 1949 revolution. Focuses on the role of intellectuals; popular culture; women in Chinese society; developments in commerce and urban life; rebellion; foreign imperialism. ( VIII) 171F Chinese History: 1949-Present (4). A discussion of major themes in the social, cultural, political, economic and intellectual history of China since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. Emphases will vary from year to year. ( VIII) 171G Topics in the History of China (4). Topics include the cultural, political, economic, social, intellectual, and religious history of China. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. ( VIII)
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