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4.00 Credits
An introduction to major themes in Africa's past. Topics include the peopling of Africa, the evolution of African states, the role of Islam, the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa, slavery within Africa, European imperialism, the impact of colonial rule, and struggles for independence. Four credit hours. H, I. WEBB
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Looking beyond the clichéd image of the Mexican bandit, a consideration of the complex economic, social, and political problems behind ruptures in the legal order from Aztec times to the present. Focusing on revolts, the social origins and political construction of crime, and state regulation of popular culture, the course both traces the outlines of the history of Mexico and considers how notions of legality vary across time and cultures. Four credit hours. H, I. FALLAW
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4.00 Credits
How has women's status in Latin America changed and not changed since the conquest Social histories, a novel, and a film will serve as bases to trace the historical evolution of such key factors as family and regional notions of masculinity and femininity as well as the impact of political revolutions and economic modernization on women. Four credit hours. H, I.
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4.00 Credits
Topics include the medieval roots of Iberian expansion and the importance of religion and race in the Conquest; the institutional and social construction of colonial society, including Iberians' cultural baggage--notions of racial purity and piety and related ideas such as honor and hierarchy; decolonization, focusing on the struggle over abolition; and the persistence of Iberian notions of race and colonization in the Americas. Four credit hours. H, I.
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3.00 Credits
A cross-disciplinary study of the historical factors behind the creation of Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, the rise of Getulio Vargas's Estado Novo in Brazil, the role of Zapata as an agrarian warlord in the Mexican Revolution, the failure of the Spanish Republic and the emergence of Franco's regime, and the crises that have brought populist regimes and caudillos, or charismatic strong leaders, to power. Three credit hours. H, I. FALLAW
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to patterns and processes in world history, principally focused on the period since 1200. Themes include the evolution of trade and empire, global balances in military and political power, historical epidemiology, the evolution of capitalism, slavery and its abolition, democratic and industrialization revolutions, imperialism, global warfare, and decolonization. Four credit hours. H, I. WEBB
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A multidisciplinary survey (archaeology, anthropology, sociology, literature, and history) of the trajectory of the Mayan peoples from the writing of the first known Maya glyphs (c. 200 B.C.) to the current conflicts in Chiapas and Guatemala. Four credit hours. H, I.
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4.00 Credits
Listed as Religious Studies 282. Four credit hours. H. FREIDENREICH
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4.00 Credits
A comprehensive introduction to the Islamic religious tradition focusing on the formative early period (seventh-11th centuries C.E.) and to contemporary interpretations and adaptations. Explores the nature of religion, religious knowledge, practice, identity, law, gender, and the nature of the divine. Analyzes the foundational beliefs, diversity, and social constructions within Islam by examining the early texts (the Qur'an, hadith/sunna), their interpretations, and their application through time. No prior knowledge expected. Four credit hours. H, I.
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4.00 Credits
Chinese history from 1800 to the present, and from the impact of the West and Japan on the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century to Deng Xiaoping's modernization strategy. The democracy and human rights movement in the post-Maoist period, the role of the military in national security policymaking, the views of China's new "fourth generation" nationalists, and the recent rise of China as an economic and industrial superpower and its impact on the rest of the world. Four credit hours. SKYA
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