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3 s.h. A social, political, military, and diplomatic global history of World War II. This course discusses the slow march to war, the years of fighting and devastation (1937-1945), and the aftermath (1945-1949), which paved the way for the Cold War. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. An in-depth analysis of the creation and functioning of the Nazi State from 1933-1945. Includes examinations of the Volksgemeinschaft, propaganda, women, youth, racism, war, the role of Hitler. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A politico-economic survey of Africa since 1800 this course focuses on the construction of new states and identities before, during, and after colonialism. ( LA, HO2) Cross-listed as ALS 219. Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. This course is a thematic exploration of the impact of war on British society throughout the twentieth century. Students will study the impact of the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars and the Falklands conflict on Britain. Attention will be paid to how war affected British culture, politics, gender and class relations as well as Britain's economy and relationship with its Empire. A special theme will be the interaction of war and social change. Students will consider how Britain's great power status, the evolution of the welfare state, as well as its level of democratization, and the position of trade unions were shaped by wartime conflict in the twentieth century. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100 level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of German history from the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia to the end of the Bismarck era, 1640-1890. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of German History from the Wilhemine period of the 1890s to the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. Includes the impact of WWI, the structure and problems of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of the radical right. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of Russian history from 862 AD through the Communist revolution of 1917. A post-Soviet approach which recognizes that the tsarist era is the longest and (perhaps) the most significant epoch in Russian history. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. A study of U.S.S.R. and Soviet Communism, including social, economic, and political developments since 1917. Examines the rise and fall of totalitarianism (under Gorbachev) and post-Soviet Russia. Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course. ( LA)
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3 s.h. This course examines the evolution of England from a medieval society to an identifiable modern nation state. Students will study how evolution, revolution and the Reformation fundamentally altered medieval institutions such as the monarchy, Parliament and the Church. Special attention will also be paid to the changing position of women in English society. Topics include the War of the Roses, the end of feudalism, the establishment of the Tudor State, the Wars of Religion, the Spanish Armada, witchcraft and society, the foundation of a worldwide empire, the English Civil War, Puritanism, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the change from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy. The policies and personalities of the colorful monarchs of the time (and their public images) will also play a key role in the course. Memorable monarchs covered include Henry VIII (and his six wives), "Bloody Mary" (Mary I), "Gloriana (Elizabeth I), Charles I and "the Merry Monarch" (Charles II). Thiscourse requires substantial writing. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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3 s.h. This course will study British history from 1714 to the present. It will focus on the world's first industrial revolution, the emergence of British parliamentary democracy, the rise of Britain as major industrial power with a global empire in the nineteenth century and its decline in the twentieth century. A special theme in this course will be the evolution of the British sense of identity during three centuries of continuous social, political, economic and cultural change. Topics to be discussed will include the rise and decline of the aristocracy; the exploitation of the working classes and its resistance to industrialism; working-class culture; the struggle for parliamentary reform; the family, and men and women's sex roles; the struggle for women's rights;the growth of the British empire; the importance of imperialism to British society and culture; the world wars; the rise of mass consumerism; the Great Depression; the impact of the enfranchisement of women; the rise of the Labour Party; decolonization; the post-1945 consensus; the Thatcher Revolution and New Labour. This course requires substantial writing. ( LA) Prerequisite: SoS or 3 s.h. 100-level HIST course.
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