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3.00 Credits
Considers the ways in which social theorists, institutional reformers, and political revolutionaries in this period seized upon insights developed in the natural sciences and mathematics to change themselves and the society in which they lived. Students study trials, art, literature and music to understand developments in Europe and its colonies in these two centuries. Covers works by Newton, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Marx, and Darwin.
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Surveys China from its origins to 1644. Examines how traditional China originated and exported a civilization of universal meaning and persistent influence, including ideologies (universal emperorship, Confucianism, Daoism), technologies (writing, bureaucracy, gunpowder), and culture (tea-drinking, poetry, noodles). Explains how this unique civilization and the Chinese state at its center developed, considers its patterns, and assesses its impact.
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Surveys China from its last empire through its reemergence as a power in modern times. Examines how China?s contemporary transformation has lifted hundreds of millions from poverty, refashioned social relations, and altered international politics. Students debate the causes and consequences of these major events and speculate on China?s future in the light of its past.
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Surveys Japanese history from the origin myths to the fall of Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. Highlights key themes, including the rise of a court-centered state, interactions with the broader world, and the rise and fall of the warrior class. Examines the continuities as well as diversity in pre-modern Japanese culture, spirituality, and everyday life.
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Surveys Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the present. Highlights key themes, including the emergence of a modern nation-state, the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the development of mass consumer culture and the middle class, and the rise and fall of an economic superpower in the postwar era. Explores the local and global nature of modernity in Japan.
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Provides students with an overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the present, with an emphasis on exchanges and encounters between the Middle East and Europe/North America. Examines the history of the notion of "East" and "West"; the emergence of Islam and the Christianization of Europe; Ottoman, Sufavid, and Mughal expansion and the flourishing of European powers; European competition with and colonization of Middle Eastern societies, and Middle Eastern responses including Arab nationalism and the popularity of Islamic movements.
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Surveys major political, socio-economic, and cultural changes in the Middle East after 1900. Investigates the demise of the Ottoman and Qajar dynasties, the rise of new nations and nationalist identities, and the development of modern states and societies. Examines contemporary issues in historical perspective: the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Gulf War, oil and regional security, the impact of the Iranian revolution, and Islamic movements. Heavy emphasis on primary sources, such as novels and historical documents. Enrollment limited.
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Selective survey of Latin American history from the mid-19th century to the present. Issues studied include: dictators and democracies in the 20th century, revolution in Mexico, Cuba, and Central America, Latin America in the global economy, relations between Latin America and the U.S., indigenisma, feminism, and the varieties of religion in Latin America.
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3.00 Credits
Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and microorganisms on human history and the reciprocal influence of people on the environment. Topics include the European encounter with the Americas, the impact of modern technology, and the historical roots of the current environmental crisis.
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English and American backgrounds of the Revolution; issues and arguments in the Anglo-American conflict; colonial resistance and the beginnings of republicanism; the Revolutionary War; constitution writing for the states and nation; and effects of the American Revolution. Concerned primarily with the revolutionary origins of American government and laws. Readings emphasize documents from the period--pamphlets, correspondence, the minutes or resolutions of resistance organizations, constitutional documents and debates.
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