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An exploration of political, economic, social and cultural developments since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Investigates the Bolshevik seizure of power, Lenin, the New Economic Policy, the autocracy of Stalin, the Soviet Union as a world power, the decay and collapse of Communism, and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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Focuses on major diplomatic trends involving Europe and the world from the defeat of Napoleon to the collapse of Communism. Concentrates on major movements in foreign relations during the period and attempts to gain a realistic understanding of events. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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Britain from 1485 to 1760, with particular attention to the Reformation, overseas exploration and the beginning of the empire, the relationship between the monarchy and Parliament, the constitutional crises of the 17th century and their settlement in the 18th century, the development of the office of prime minister and a political patronage system, and changes in social structures, institutions, and ideologies. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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British culture and institutions since 1760, including the development of a modern democracy and political system, movements for equal rights, development and decline of the empire, and Britain’s interactions with Europe and the world. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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In-depth study of Hitler’s rise to power, 1919–1933, and the totalitarian dictatorship establishedby the Nazi Party, 1933–1945. Role of ideology; use of terror and the secret police; control of economic and social life; propaganda and the manipulation of culture and art; racial policies and the Holocaust; military aggression and World War II. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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Students will become immersed in the Gaelic medieval world, the evolving relationship with England, native Irish culture and arts, the Irish language, the foundations of the present Republic, and the search for an end to long-established political divisions. Explores the popularity of Irish arts and literature in the later twentieth century. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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The rise of a feminist consciousness in the mid-twentieth century laid the foundation for the concurrent development of Women’s History as a legitimate historical field of inquiry. Through a selection of readings and written projects, this course explores the parameters of American women’s experience from the seventeenth century through to the present day. In its focus on American women’s historical experience, the course is envisaged as a concerted effort to evaluate the larger issues of diversity, “sisterhood,” and the issue of equality. Prerequisite: WL115 or HS200-level course or permission of instructor.
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A study of the events leading up to the collapse of the Manchu Dynasty and the Revolution of 1911; consideration of the events that followed leading to the Nationalist Republic, the war against Japan, the Communist Revolution, Mao and the People’s Republic, developments of Mao to the present time. Prerequisite: IC260 or one HS200-level course.
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A study of the rise of Japan from an isolated, feudalistic nation in the latter part of the 19th century to a major military power in the first half of the 20th century and an economic superpower today. Prerequisite: IC260 or one HS200-level course.
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Surveys the diplomacy of the American Revolution, continuing Anglo-American tensions in the 19th century, territorial expansion, diplomacy of the Civil War, and the creation of the American Empire by the early 20th century. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.
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