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3.00 Credits
From "Schindler’s List" to "Valkyrie," historically based films have been attracting big box office receipts. This course introduces students to the historical fiction film as a work of creative art and to the techniques filmmakers use to construct their "vision" of past events. Through critical analysis of several dramatic films that take historical events as their subjects, students learn that what they see on screen is not necessarily what happened, but rather what might have happened. Films studied include "The Leopard," "Burnt by the Sun," "Rosenstrasse," "1900,"and "Sunshine." For non-Honors students, permission of instructor required.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the American struggle for independence, the ratification of the Constitution, and the early years of the Republic. Particular attention is paid to the transformation of American cultural, economic, and political institutions during this period. The rising power of the Supreme Court is treated in detail.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the events that led to the American Civil War. Particular attention is devoted to slavery. In addition, the political, economic, military, and cultural implications of the Civil War, as well as its aftermath during Reconstruction, are treated in detail.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the rise of the United States as a world power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of American interest in East Asia and the Caribbean region, the American participation in World War I and World War II, and the U. S. role as a super power in the Cold War and post Cold War eras. The course also explores how certain domestic events - the Red Scare, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement - influenced or were influenced by America’s role in international affairs.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the South from the end of the Civil War to the present. Special attention is devoted to the social, economic, political, and artistic contours of the Southern past. Topics include the Ku Klux Klan, the Populists, the demagogues, the Southern literary renaissance, the modern civil rights movement, and the rise of the so-called New South.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the cultural lives of ordinary Americans from the colonial period to the present. In particular, the course will look at the evolution of popular painting and illustration, and the transformation of American domestic architecture from the post-Medieval house to the rancher. In addition, the course will study such literary forms as the dime novel and the mass market magazine; stage entertainment like burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy; and the advent and evolution of radio and television.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the history of the African-American struggle for freedom, equality, identity, and economic success. Particular attention is paid to the Jim Crow and post-World War II eras. The work of such leaders as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X is studied in detail. In addition, the course explores the activities the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panthers, and the Nation of Islam. The Harlem Renaissance and the development of blues and jazz are also studied. Finally, the course looks at the African-American freedom struggle in an international context, comparing and contrasting it with similar movements in Africa and elsewhere.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with a critical understanding of German history from the middle of the 19th century to the present and of Germany’s impact on the European Continent. A central focus is whether or not Germany’s historical development followed a divergent path from that of England, France and America and, if so, for what reasons and with what consequences. Since the Cold War and with reunification, Germany’s efforts to fashion a new leadership role in Europe and in other international political and economic contexts are examined. Substantial attention is directed to problems of history, memory and responsibility that continue to occupy Germans today.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the historical development of Russia and the Soviet Union from the eve of the 1917 Revolution to the present. Students are encouraged to study the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union as global powers, well before the more familiar role the USSR played as America’s principal adversary during the Cold War. With post-Soviet Russia seeking to define its place in world affairs, students will learn how this task is complicated by the enormous historical deficits accumulated through the years of Communist rule. Students have opportunities to research subjects of special interest, including the use of comparative perspectives on politics, economics, social relations, and culture.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
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