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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Examines Chinese migration in historical and comparative perspective, beginning in 1567 with the lifting of the imperial ban on private maritime trade. Covers Chinese migration to locations such as Southeast Asia, Hawaii, North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Australia, Europe, India and Africa. Also considers Han Chinese internal migration to frontier regions like Taiwan. Topics include the varied roles of Chinese migrants in colonial, settler and frontier societies, the coolie trade, Chinese exclusion movements, transnational networks, marital and chain migration, immigrant community formation, women's roles, second-generation "roots seeking", the new migration, and the reciprocal relationship between contemporary Chinese migration to Africa and African migration to China. Critically examines the degree to which this transnational migration has produced a "Global Chinese" identity. Taught in English.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of the Palestinian-Israeli and later larger Arab-Israeli conflict from the 19th century up to the present. Explores the role of ideology, political actors, social history, economic and infrastructural problems, and regional and international interaction, as well as prospects for peace in the 21st century. Examines the related historiographical debates, especially those focusing on the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1948 and 1967, and the two intifaadas.
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3.00 Credits
Global survey of the great transformation in history known as the "Industrial Revolution." Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. Emphasis on the transfer of technology and its many adaptations around the world. Countries treated include Great Britain, France, Germany, the US, Sweden, Russia, Japan, China, and India. Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history of the United States as a "nation of immigrants" within a broader global context. Considers migration from the mid-19th century to the present through case studies of such places as New York's Lower East Side, South Texas, Florida, and San Francisco's Chinatown. Examines the role of memory, media, and popular culture in shaping ideas about migration. Includes optional field trip to New York City.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary examination of the intersection of race, gender, and class in Asian American culture from the mid-19th century to the present. Topics include media images of Asian American men and women, feminism and gender roles, women and labor issues, transnational migration, and interracial marriage. Writers may include Maxine Hong Kingston, Eric Liu, Chang-rae Lee, Jessica Hagedorn, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Shirley Geok-lin Lim. Filmmakers may include Mira Nair, Ang Lee, Wayne Wang, and Gurinder Chadha. Taught in English.
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2.00 Credits
Examines how and why 20th-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics.
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2.00 Credits
Explores how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the 1970s. Primary areas of concern include the supply of energy and the environmental consequences of its use. Examines topics such as nuclear power, environmentalism, oil shortages, global warming, alternative energies, and Middle East foreign policy.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the legal history of the US as a gendered system. Examines how women have shaped the meanings of American citizenship through pursuit of political rights such as suffrage, jury duty, and military service, as well as how the legal system has shaped gender relations for both women and men through regulation of such issues as marriage, divorce, work, reproduction, and the family. Readings draw from primary and secondary materials, focusing on the broad historical relationship between law and society. No legal knowledge is required or assumed.
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2.00 Credits
Seminar on downtown in US cities from the late 19th century to the late 20th. Emphasis on downtown as an idea, place, and cluster of interests, on the changing character of downtown, and on recent efforts to rebuild it. Considers subways, skyscrapers, highways, urban renewal, and retail centers. Focus on readings, discussions, and individual research projects. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
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3.00 Credits
Examines Christian encounters with Judaism, Islam, and the indigenous religions of Africa and America. Explores the intellectual and social consequences of Christian imperialism and the transformations of Christianity during its American encounters.
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