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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course will trace the involvement of U.S. women in radical political movements from the mid-nineteenth century to the present including: Abolitionism; Anti-lynching; Socialist Trade Unionism; the Ku Klux Klan; the Communist Party; the National Welfare Rights Organization; the Civil Rights Movement; the New Left; the New Right; the direct-action wing of the anti-abortion movement; Earth First; and the neo-Nazi American Front. It will also examine the relationship between feminist ideologies and non-gender-specific radical political ideologies centered on race, class, and other social identifiers. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: US & CAN.
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08F, 09F: 9 Emphasizing the analysis of primary sources, this course examines the foundation of Western European civilization from the fall of the Roman Empire to 1715. Topics include the origins of European nation states, the intellectual and cultural achievements of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the rise of constitutionalism and absolutism, the economic and technological roots of Europe's global dominance, as well as the social, political, and religious crises that divided the continent. Lectures and small discussion groups. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800. Lagomarsino, Simons.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 2 This course examines the history of the American economy and its business institutions. Subjects covered include the thirteen colonies as offshoots of British capitalism; the long-term significance of plantation slavery; regional specialization and uneven development; the significance of technologies including railroads, electrical power, automobiles, and computers; the rise of big corporate business and its impact on markets and workers; mass consumer culture; the military-industrial complex; globalization since 1980; and long term patterns in the distribution of wealth and income. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Edsforth.
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09W: 10A An examination of the diverse social, economic, political, and cultural histories of those who are now commonly identified as Latinos in the United States. Particular emphasis will be placed on the formative historical experiences of Chicanos and mainland Puerto Ricans, although some consideration will also be given to the histories of other Latino groups-e.g., Central Americans, Cubans, and Dominicans. Topics include cultural and geographic origins and ties; imperialism and colonization; the economics of migration; work, women, and the family; racism and other forms of discrimination; the politics of identity; language and popular culture; and the place of Latinos in the U.S. society. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Padilla.
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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course traces migrations from China, the Philippines, South Asia, Japan, and Korea to the Americas and Hawai'i as well as U.S. colonial policies in Hawai'i, Guam, Samoa, and the Philippines through 1905. Major themes include labor migration, immigrant exclusion, racialization, anti-Asian violence, and urban ethnic enclave formation. Throughout, we will attend to differences and similarities in the political and social statuses of these groups, as well as their unique gender and class dynamics.Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER.
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3.00 Credits
10S: 10A The U.S. held different meanings for people from China, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia during the twentieth century when they arrived as colonial labor migrants; subjects of a nascent Japanese empire, refugees, orphans, and war brides displaced by U.S. militarism; or as exiles challenging imperialism or corrupt regimes in their homelands. In the U.S., they fought against discrimination, pursued civil rights, and settled. We compare and contrast these experiences in their course. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER.
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3.00 Credits
09W: 2 This course draws upon recent scholarship in anthropology, archaeology, material culture, social history and architectural history in its review of five centuries of American architecture. Course lectures not only emphasize America's principal architects and their designs, but also summarize the social and cultural forces that shaped the country's built landscape . Dist: ART; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800 . Heck.
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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S The years between the close of the American Revolution and the start of the Age of Jackson have been described as the "most neglected, if not the most despised period of American history." Without the drama of the Revolutionary years or the ominous tension of the Civil War's approach, the Early Republic has been seen as a dull interval between the country's defining events. Now, new methods in the study of American history have completely changed the way we understand the period. This course will focus on the seminal task of nation building, when distinctively American political parties, cities and villages, gender roles, educational systems, decorative arts, cultural institutions, attitudes toward Native peoples, architecture and economic policies took form. Thomas Jefferson actively shaped the debates over these issues, and he serves as the pivotal figure in our study of the formation of a new and specifically American culture in the Early Republican perioOpen to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09F: 11 This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of critical issues in health care through the study of the historical development of the United States health care system. The course illuminates the influence of historical forces and cultural factors on the delivery of health care and on the discourse about health care reform in American history. By studying the components and relationships within the American health care system, students are enabled to acquire an understanding of the relationship between American history and the health care system, and also enabled to obtain a working contextual knowledge of the current problems of the American health care system and their proposed solutions. Each topic is presented from an historical perspective. Through an historical investigation of health, disease, and medicine students should be able to understand and discuss the changing organization of health care delivery in American history, the changing methods of financing of health care, the distinctive role of technology in health care, primary ethical issues in health care, comparative features of health care systems of other cultures, the historical changes in public health precepts, images of health care in popular culture, and the process of health care reform in American history. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Koop.
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09F: 12 In this class we will analyze the multifaceted nature of one significant aspect of the "peculiar institution"-slave resistance. We will discuss how scholars have portrayed and theorized about slave resistance, as well as its relation to social control. In addition, we will examine the various pathways of resistance of African/African-American slaves. Because of the dynamic nature of slave resistance, we will approach this subject matter utilizing a variety of primary and secondary source s. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800
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