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  • HIST 040: Early Modern Europe,1450-1750

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Safley. This course examines those European developments which contributed to the world we understand as modern. Special emphasis will be placed on the transformation of Europe through the advent of new technologies, the creation of a global economy, the consolidation of territorial states, the rise of effective, central governments, the dissolution of religious unity, and the dialect between modern and traditional world views.
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  • HIST 048: The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire,1552-1917

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Nathans/Holquist. How and why did Russia become the center of the world's largest empire, a single state encompassing eleven time zones and over a hundred ethnic groups To answer this question, we will explore the rise of a distinct political culture beginning in medieval Muscovy, its transformation under the impact of a prolonged encounter with European civilization, and the various attempts to re-form Russia from above and below prior to the Revolution of 1917. Main themes include the facade vs. the reality of central authority, the intersection of foreign and domestic issues, the development of a radical intelligentsia, and the tension between empire and nation.
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  • HIST 049: The Soviet Century,1917-1991

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Nathans/Holquist. Out of an obscure, backward empire, the Soviet Union emerged to become the great political laboratory of the twentieth century. This course will trace the roots of the world's first socialist society and its attempts to recast human relations and human nature itself. Topics include the origins of the Revolution of 1917, the role of ideology in state policy and everyday life, the Soviet Union as the center of world communism, the challenge of ethnic diversity, and the reasons for the USSR's sudden implosion at the end of the century.Focusing on politics, society, culture, and their interaction, we will examine the rulers (from Lenin to Gorbachev) as well as the ruled (peasants, workers, and intellectuals; Russians and non-Russians). The course will feature discussions of selected texts, including primary sources in translation.
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  • HIST 050: England and the British Isles to 1707

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Todd. The subject of this course is the history of the British Isles from the Roman Conquest in 43AD to the creation of the United Kingdom in 1707. Between these two dates the various societies and cultures in the British Isles were brought into the orbit of the Roman Empire, converted to latin Christianity, and developed distinctive cultures and strong ties with the Continent. From the twelfth century on, the kingdom of England began to exert its power over Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, although English power waxed and waned in these areas between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries. The Anglo-Norman continental empire of the Plantagenet dynasty also played a large part in shaping the English monarchy, as did the playing out of the Hundred Years War, the internal divisions in fifteenth-century English society, and the rise of the Tudor-Stuart dynasty.
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  • HIST 051: Britain Since 1688

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Lees. The course traces British political and social development since the later seventeenth century. Main themes include the creation of a multi-national state through war, revolution, and conquest, the rise and fall of empires, development of parliamentary government, transitions to democracy, urban and industrial growth. Readings include novels, newspaper articles, and other primary sources.
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  • HIST 070: Colonial Latin America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Farnsworth-Alvear. Fulfills History & Tradition Distribution Requirement. The development of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to 1850. Emphasis is on the interaction between European, Indian, and African elements in colonial society, the growth of national consciousness, and the related phenomena of political instability and economic underdevelopment.
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  • HIST 071: Latin American Survey 1791-Present

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Farnsworth-Alvear. Surveys Latin American and Caribbean history from the Haitian Revolution of 1791 to the present. We will examine the legacy of Spanish colonialism and slavery, movements for national and cultural independence, twentieth-century radicalism, and the politics of race in contemporary Latin America. Readings include fictional as well as analytical representations, and a film series will accompany the course.
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  • HIST 075: Africa to 1800

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Babou. Survey of major themes and issues in African history before 1800. Topics include: early civilizations, African kingdoms and empires, population movements, the spread of Islam,and the slave trade. Also, emphasis on how historians use archaeology, linguistics, and oral traditions to reconstruct Africa's early history.
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  • HIST 076: Africa Since 1800

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Cassanelli. Survey of major themes, events, and personalities in African history from the early nineteenth century through the 1960s. Topics include abolition of the slave trade, European imperialism, impact of colonial rule, African resistance, religious and cultural movements, rise of naturalism and pan-Africanism, issues of ethnicity and "tribalism" in modern Africa.
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  • HIST 081: History of the Middle East Since 1800

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Kashani-Sabet/Troutt-Powell. A survey of the modern Middle East with special emphasis on the experiences of ordinary men and women as articulated in biographies, novels, and regional case studies. Issues covered include the collapse of empires and the rise of a new state system following WWI, and the roots and consequences of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Iranian revolution and the U.S.-Iraq War. Themes include: the colonial encounter with Europe and the emergence of nationalist movements, the relationship between state and society, economic development and international relations, and religion and cultural identity.
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