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09F: 2A A study of the foundations of American civilization. Attention is focused on the ways in which new world conditions influenced the peoples, ideas, and institutions transplanted from Europe. The course also includes material on the ways in which Europeans interacted with Native Americans and Africans in the New World. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
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10S: 10A This course begins with an examination of relations between England and its American Colonies in the middle of the eighteenth century. It deals with the collapse of British authority in America, emphasizing the social and intellectual sources of rebellion. Treatment of the war years focuses more on the problem of political and economic adjustment than on military history. The final topic covered is the adoption of a federal Constitution. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
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09W: 9L The American Civil War was a defining moment in American history. This course examines the causes of the conflict, the war itself, and the period of Reconstruction up to 1877. Topics to be discussed include the diplomatic conduct of the war, political developments in both the north and the south, military developments, the question of race and slavery, emancipation, the participation of African Americans in the war, the women's rights movement and the involvement of women in the war, and medical advances. The social and economic aspects of the war will receive as much emphasis as military and political developments. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Bonner.
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S The course focuses primarily on developments within New England but involves some discussion of the region's historical relationship with the rest of the United States and with Canada. Specific topics include the logic of regionalism, the origins of the six New England states, town founding, the dynamics of economic change, immigration and ethnicity, education (both public and private), regional literature, historic preservation, and patterns of community development. The course covers the entire history of the region and concludes with a section on 'New England Today.?pen to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
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08F, 09F: 10 This course surveys the history of the American Indians from contact with Europeans to c. 1830. It provides an overview of the major themes and trends in Indian history, supplemented by case studies from a number of regions and readings that illuminate particular issues. The overall context of the course is the conflict generated by the colonial drive of European nations and the U.S. and their citizens, but the primary focus is the historical experience of Indian peoples and their struggles to retain their cultures and autonomy while adapting to great changes in the conditions of their lives. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1700, <1800. Calloway.
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09S, 10S: 10 This course surveys the history of the American Indians from the year 1830 to the present day. It provides an overview of the major themes and trends in Indian history, supplemented by case studies from a number of regions and readings that illuminate particular issues. The overall context of the course is the expansion of the U.S., the 'Indian policies' adopted by the U.S. government, but the primary focus is the historical experience of Indian peoples and their struggles to retain the cultures and autonomy while adapting to great changes in the conditions of their lives.Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: US & CAN. Calloway.
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09S, 09F: 10 This course deals with the African heritage, origins of white racial attitudes toward blacks, the slave system in colonial and ante-bellum America, and free Black society in North America. Specific emphasis will be placed on the Afro-American experience and on the relationship between blacks and whites in early American society. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Naylor.
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course is a continuation of History 16. Among the topics to be discussed are Black Reconstruction, segregation and disfranchisement, migration, nationalism, Blacks and the New Deal, the impact of war on Blacks, and the 1960s. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
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09S: 12 This course studies the growth of the American political system. It will examine the development of both formal and informal political institutions as well as the forces which have shaped these institutions. Among the topics considered are the growth of political parties, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian influences, sectionalism, and the breakdown of the political system, and the political effects of expansion, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Bonner.
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08F: 10 This course defines and examines major themes in the development of twentieth century American politics. There are two versions of this course. In 09W: This lecture course explores politics, the presidency, and national policy-making in the twentieth century. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of parties, how individual presidents have defined the powers of the presidency, and to the different ways that modern presidents have responded to changing external demands for national leadership in times of prosperity and peace, economic depression, domestic upheaval, and war. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Orleck.
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