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4.00 Credits
Liaisons: History Chair and College Historian Researching the history of Allegheny College as well as planning and installing displays of the College's history on campus. Interns work closely with the Historian of the College, the College's Heritage Committee, the staff of the Pelletier Library's Special Collections, and local historical societies. Prerequisites: Permission of the History Department Chair and the Historian of the College
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4.00 Credits
Liaisons: History Chair and College Archivist The design and execution of interviews as part of an ongoing oral history project of Allegheny College under the supervision of the College Archivist. The intern's responsibilities may include transcribing interviews and handwritten material in the collection, inventorying and describing collection materials, and conducting research for administrative histories and for exhibit preparation. Interns may design and install exhibits of College history within the library and elsewhere on campus. Prerequisites: Permission of History Department Chair and the College Archivist.
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4.00 Credits
A consideration of selected "show" trials in Western history as a means of investigating the phenomena of law and justice, political crime and political justice, and the relationship between the individual and the state. Through an examination of such diverse material as primary sources, secondary accounts, imaginative literature, and films, the seminar focuses on the institution of the trial as a political and philosophical event. Examples of types of trials to be considered include those of Socrates, Jesus, Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Galileo, Charles I, Louis XVI, Tom Paine, Sacco and Vanzetti, and John Scopes. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of various historical problems raised by the French Revolution. Among the topics considered are the struggle between revolutionary moderates and radicals, the role of public opinion, the question of revolutionary violence and terror, and the impact of international war. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A critical study of the major historical interpretations and problems regarding the fall of the Russian autocracy and the rise of the Soviet Union, the world's first communist regime. Analysis focuses on scholarly works, primary sources, memoir accounts, art, literature and film to understand how the Russian Revolution has been portrayed variously in historical memory. Among the major themes explored are the role of personality, accident, and political parties, the influence of ideology on individual and government action, social polarization and the possibility of evolutionary change in Russia, and the creation of historical myth under the Bolsheviks. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar investigates the social, political, economic, religious, and literary interpretations of the Salem Village witchcraft trials of 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony. The culture of Puritanism is explored. Students are required to formulate their own interpretation of the events studied. Prerequisites: History 230 or 324 and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The evolution of the family as a social, economic, and political institution is explored from the colonial period of American history to the present. The impact of wars, industrialization, immigration, and feminism on the family is analyzed. Special attention is paid to the methodology of family history and the relationship of family history to other forms of history and historical writing. Prerequisites: History 230 or 232, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A critical study of contemporary and historical interpretations of Spanish America on the eve of its independence from Spain. Focus is on the increasing socio-cultural, religious, political, and economic tensions produced by the Bourbon Reforms as the Spanish monarchy attempted to strengthen control over its overseas American empire. Among the topics considered are the rise of peasant and Indian rebellions, the religious "Americanization" of the Catholic faith, the increasingly rigid concept of social honor, the creation of a Creole and Mestizo military, the bitter struggle to retain/abolish slavery, the abrupt liberalization of trade policies, and the intense competition between Creoles and Spaniards for positions of power and prestige in colonial society. Prerequisites: History 250, 251 or 252, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of the cultural and intellectual consequences of the Mexican Revolution. Arguments over the rights and responsi-bilities of citizens, proper and improper ways to represent Mexi-cans in art and mass media, patriotism, public education and- above all-the definition of "Mexican," have dominated political discourse and shaped daily life for Mexicans since 1920. This seminar examines some of the books, films, paintings and other artifacts that have played a part in such arguments, and studies historians' interpretations of the questions of national identity and nationalism in the 20th century. Prerequisites: History 250, 251, or 252, and permission of instruct
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of African American freedom movements in the United States in the post-1945 era. Through a focus on the efforts of African Americans and their allies to overcome persistent white supremacy and achieve racial justice in the United States, students explore the legal, historical, economic, and social origins of the civil rights movement, as well as its impact on American culture, politics, and international relations. Prerequisites: History 232 or 236, and permission of the instructor.
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