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3.00 Credits
By arrangement with the coordinator of the history program. See pages 13-15. Signed contract required at time of registration. Variable credit.
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3.00 Credits
Provides the exceptionally curious and motivated student the opportunity to explore on an introductory level an aspect of historical study that is not offered by the courses listed in the college catalogue. Students need to arrange with an appropriate history faculty member a student-faculty independent study contract prior to registration. Every semester
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An overview of the historical evolution of intermarriage and sexual relations among the various racial and ethnic groups comprising the population of the United States, and the myriad ways in which "miscegenation" has affected the national cultural of the United States from colonialtimes to the present. Fall '08, Fall '11.
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3.00 Credits
This course interrogates the social history of women from colonial times to the present. Among the topics to be explored are witchcraft in colonial America, the rise of the Republican Mother, the Cult of Domesticity, women in the Old South and Wild West, women of color, Victorian sexuality, women's suffrage, flappers, the impact of World War II, the feminine mystique, the sexual revolution, and the status of women in the U.S. today. Fall 2009, Fall 2012.
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3.00 Credits
Contemporary U.S. society employs a pentagonal classification system when categorizing individuals on the basis of race: white/black/brown/yellow/red. But this has not always been the case. As late as the early twentieth century, for example, most people assumed that there were dozens (if not hundreds) of races, and it was generally felt that groups like the Irish, the Jews, and the Italians did not belong to the "white" race. The aim of this course is to explore the historical evolution, andsocial construction, of the white race in the U.S., and trace the process by which various ethnic groups were granted, or demanded, entry into that privileged caste. Spring 2010, Spring 2013.
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3.00 Credits
Few subjects have produced so varied a historical literature, or so lively a scholarly debate, as the nature of slavery in the United States. Indeed, from one era to the next, academic books about slavery seem to reflect prevailing popular attitudes about race as much as they describe the actual reality of slavery. This course examines a number of famous works on slavery in an effort to comprehend what slavery was really like, while at the same time coming to terms with the fact that the "truth" about any historical phenomenon is often contingent on who is writingthe history and when they are writing it. Fall 10, Fall 13.
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3.00 Credits
Over the past two centuries, the pendulum has consistently swung back and forth between the belief that heredity is the crucial factor determining human behavior and the belief that environment has a preponderant effect on human personality. This course traces the mercurial history of the nature-nurture debate, in order to reveal its effect on public policy and its influence on the way Americans today think about such matters as race, intelligence, poverty, and gender. Spring 2011, Spring 2014.
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3.00 Credits
The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction represents one of the most important periods in US history. Four million African Americans gained freedom from bondage, 600,000 soldiers perished in the nation's bloodiest war, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution redefined the nature of American citizenship. This upper-division course will explore the war and its aftermath by discussing the period's most important themes, reading the work of distinguished authors, and examining documents left by participants. Topics for consideration will include the ebb and flow of military campaigns, the northern and southern home fronts, the politics of war and peace, and the impact of the war on black and white Americans in the North and in the South. Spring, odd years.
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3.00 Credits
Employing the premise that we can learn a great deal about both history and the environment by studying the two together, this course explores the shifting attitudes toward nature held by Americans as the United States expanded across the continent. We will become familiar with the seminal works and activities of the nation's leading conservationists, and thereby trace the history of the movement as it evolved through the stages of conservationism, preservationism, and environmentalism. Spring '09, Spring '12.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to explore various issues in the social history of Latin America. Topics will include race and ethnic relations, labor, gender, rural society, and class as presented in the journal literature, therefore reflecting much of the latest research on these topics. Spring, even years.
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