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Periods of war-whatever their justifications-have proven to be dangerous times for American civil liberties. The price of patriotic unity is often paid directly by American dissenters targeted-by political or racial profiling and repressive legislation-for government surveillance, harassment, prosecution, detention, internment, imprisonment, or deportation. This course explores whether such costs are ever defensible, why dissenters risk such sanctions, and what the long-term consequences of even short-term curtailments of freedom portend for the future of American democracy. Conflicts from World War I through the contemporary "War on Terror" are examined. Open to first-year students. (United States.) H. Jensen
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Most areas of Latin America gained their independence from Spain or Portugal during the early nineteenth century, but were these political transformations accompanied by equally great social, economic, or cultural change This course explores not just the struggles to overthrow colonial powers, but also what it meant to live in the decades surrounding these tumultuous events. The first Latin American novel, The Mangy Parrot, provides the basis for exploring topics that include education, family, and daily life. Enrollment limited to 40. (Latin American.) K. Melvin.
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Today the majority of people in Latin America live in cities, but this was not the case 500 years ago when the first Europeans arrived. Since then cities have become home to people of all races and social strata. This course examines the development of cities as meeting grounds among different groups of people, as centers of wealth and power, and as sites where much of Latin America's culture was formed. It concentrates on major cities in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil from precolonial civilizations through twentieth-century mass urbanization. Enrollment limited to 40. (Latin American.) K. Melvin.
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Students, in consultation with a faculty advisor, individually design and plan a course of study or research not offered in the curriculum. Course work includes a reflective component, evaluation, and completion of an agreed-upon product. Sponsorship by a faculty member in the program/department, a course prospectus, and permission of the chair are required. Students may register for no more than one independent study per semester. Normally offered every semester. Staff.
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A course or seminar offered from time to time and reserved for a special topic selected by the department. Staff.
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These seminars provide opportunities for concentrated work on a particular theme, national experience, or methodology for advanced majors and nonmajors alike. Junior and senior majors are encouraged to use these seminars to generate thesis topics.
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Edmund Burke virtually invented modern conservatism as a political philosophy in his Reflections on the Revolution in France ( 1790) and related speeches and writings against the French Revolution. Sympathizers then rushed into print to defend its principles, led by Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Men ( 1790) and Thomas Paine's Rights of Man ( 1791). From the perspective of good conservatives, worse followed, among the very worst, Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman ( 1792), the foundation text for modern feminism, and Paine's Rights of Man, Part Second ( 1792), a similar reference point for working-class radicalism. This course revives the great debate. Recommended background: History 104 or 224. Enrollment limited to 15. (European.) [W2] J. R. Cole.
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Focusing in particular on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this course considers the changing cultural, economic, and social landscapes of the American West. Class discussion and readings pay special attention to the way that the West as a social construct intersected with the West as it was lived by multiple communities. After completing an intensive overview of the subject, participants produce a carefully researched paper. Enrollment limited to 15. Instructor permission is required. (United States.) [W2] M. Creighton.
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Although best known for the military phase that featured such colorful figures as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican Revolution encompassed a range of ideologies, state-building projects, and social movements. This course examines how scholars have explained the revolution and how its legacies have figured in the creation of modern Mexico. Students develop their own interpretations by analyzing books, articles, novels, and films; considering theories of revolution; and evaluating primary sources. Topics covered include the roles of popular classes and women, the creation of a postrevolutionary government, and the influence of the United States. Enrollment limited to 15. (Latin American.) [W2] K. Melvin.
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This seminar first examines the origins, military history, and outcome of the Great War of 1914-1918, and considers how the war-and especially the Western Front-was later portrayed in literature and film. Students discuss diplomatic and military strategy, the nature of combat for the individual soldier, the medical and psychological history of the war, and the tremendous changes the war brought about in the state system of Europe. Students consider this question: Did the political and cultural consequences of the First World War lead to the Second In addition to historical texts and documents, students read memoirs, novels, and poetry, and view portions of several films. Enrollment limited to 15. Instructor permission is required. (European.) [W2] R. Bunselmeyer.
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