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4.00 Credits
(Speaking-intensive course; same as Environmental Studies 256f(01)) Studies European views of nature and the natural world from the late middle ages to the present. A case study of environmental change investigates the impact of industrialization and the railway system on the human and physical environments in nineteenth-century Britain. Central to this part of the course will be a hands-on introduction to new methods of computer-assisted mapping and data analysis known as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Meets Humanities I-B requirement R. Schwartz 4 credits
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Byzantium was the sole authentic successor state to the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. It was home to a brilliant civilization that excelled in intellectual, technological, and artistic achievements for more than 1,000 years.We will examine these achievements as well as Byzantine relations with the societies on its borders: Sassanid Persia, the caliphate of Islam, medieval Russia, and medievalWestern Europe. Byzantium acted as a bridge between these cultures; our course will focus on how these societies communicated and on how they conceptualized each other. Meets Humanities I-B requirement P. Healy 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2009 260s(01)WorldWar I and the Making of the Twentieth Century WorldWar I (1914-1918) was arguably the transformative event of the twentieth century. It destroyed four empires, enabled the Russian Revolution, altered the political geography of Central Europe, and strengthened independence movements in European possessions overseas. This course explores this history by examining the origins, geographical extent, and consequences of the war from 1880s to 1939 in Europe and in global perspective. Meets Humanities I-B requirement R. Schwartz Prereq. History 151 or permission of instructor; 4 credits 260(02) Red Star over Russia: The Totalitarian Regime of Lenin and Stalin, 1917- 1953 (Same as Russian and Eurasian Studies 244(01)) The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 marked the coming of totalitarianism to Russia. Led first by Lenin and then by Stalin, the country went through the most brutal civil war, purges,WorldWar II, and the first stages of cold war. This period also saw immense social change and sweeping economic transformation. What were the causes of totalitarianism in Russia How did the regime function What were the major landmarks of Russian history in the period 1917-1953 Meets Humanities I-B requirement C. Pleshakov 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This course pushes beyond cliches and simplistic images about Germans, into the world-shaping and humanity-stretching German past. Beginning with the Napoleonic Wars and the emergence of German nationalism, students will follow developments up to the present--using primary sources that range from sublime to depraved and that concern politics, literature, music, and more. Themes include the roots of Nazism and of German democracy and the responsibility of individuals for social outcomes. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. King 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This lecture/seminar explores the Nazi genocide of European Jewry and asks why scholars consider it to be a defining event of the twentieth century. The acts of genocide will be placed in their multiple, overlapping historical contexts, including: the history of Jews in Europe and Germany; modern anti-Semitism; the rise of National Socialism; fascism and National Socialist racial policy; as well as WorldWar II.We'll discuss the acts and experiences of genocide from the perspectives of both perpetrators and victims; and we'll discuss the a?erlife of genocide in forms of memorialization and cultural memory. Meets Humanities I-B requirement A. Oppenheimer 4 crediMount Holyoke College Bulletin & Courtsse Catalogue 2008 - 2009
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4.00 Credits
This seminar explores European perspectives on America during the 20th century.We'll discuss whether "Americanization" is a usefulterm for understanding transatlantic relationships from a European perspective. Initial readings will focus on how "Americanization" became a synonym formodernization in European debates over socio-economic change. Considerable attention will be paid to the years a?erWorldWar II, when American influence became explicit through the Marshall Plan and the so-called "Coca-colanization" of Europe.We'll also discusthe influence of American popular culture over European youth in both Eastern andWestern Europe during and a?er the cold war. Meets Humanities I-B requirement A. Oppenheimer 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the history, literature, religion and material culture of early England, from the end of Roman Britain to the Viking Age. This course traces the ascents and declines of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons, and follows the development of Christianity in England from the first missions to the reign of the great monasteries. A selection of literature-- sacred and secular, from Beowulf to the works of Bede--provides a window into the culture and society of the early English. An introduction to the material remains, from the burial mounds of Sutton Hoo to the holy island of Lindisfarne, gives an even more tangible answer to the question, "Who were the Anglo-Saxons " Meets Humanities I-B requirement S. Hayes-Healy 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 206f(01)) Introduction to major themes in u.S. history through the lens of women's history. Located both near the centers of power in American society and at its margins, the history of women as a social group is one of conflict and diversity. While women do not make up a coherent group, all share the unique experience of being "women" in class, racial, and religiouslyspecific ways. Themes include Native American and Hispanic women during European contact and settlement; the impact of the American Revolution; benevolent women and the "fallen" women they hoped to help;enslaved women and the plantation mistress; women in the multicultural west; women's involvement in the CivilWar and Reconstruction. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Gerhard 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 205s(01)) This course introduces students to the major themes of u.S. women's history from the 1880s to the present.We will look both at the experiences of a diverse group of women in the u.S. as well as the ideological meaning of gender as it evolved and changed over the twentieth century.We will chart the various meanings of womanhood (for example, motherhood, work, the domestic sphere, and sexuality) along racial, ethnic, and class lines and in different regions, and will trace the impact multiple identities have had on women's social and cultural activism. Meets Humanities I-B requirement J. Gerhard 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This seminar explores how scholars conceptualize the past and how they produce knowledge about it.We will survey both classic and contemporary sources on the nature of history and historical methods.We will also read examples of historical scholarship and interrogate them for what they might reveal about histories past and present. Particular attention will be paid to the roles of language and narrative in the production of historical knowledge. Meets Humanities I-B requirement A. Oppenheimer 4 credits
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