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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S China's history, from the 3rd century BCE to the twentieth century, examined in the context of global developments in demography, economy, urbanization, technology, trade, and the arts. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
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09S, 10S: 10A Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800. Allan.
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09S, 09X: 2A A comparative exploration of Chinese and Japanese thought, from the formation of Confucianism in the Warring States period to the confrontation between traditional thought and the imported ideologies of the twentieth centuries. In writing assignments, students may concentrate upon either Chinese or Japanese topics. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: TMV; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800. Crossley.
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09S, 10S: 10 This course examines the environmental history of Africa and Asia, focusing on the period of European colonialism and its aftermath. Topics include deforestation and desertification under colonial rule; imperialism and conservation; the consequences of environmental change for rural Africans and Asians; irrigation, big dams and transformations in water landscapes; the development of national parks and their impact on wildlife and humans; the environmentalism of the poor; urbanization and pollution; and global climate change in Africa and Asia. Open to all students. Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Haynes.
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09W: 10 09F: 11 This course examines the history of South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes of the course include the development of British imperialism, the impact of colonial rule on Indian rural society and economy, processes of cultural change, the development of nationalism, the historical role of Gandhi, the emergence of Hindu-Muslim conflict, and the character of post-colonial South Asia. Open to all students. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Haynes.
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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S An examination of Western and Japanese imperialism in East Asia from the Opium War to the Pacific War. Subjects to be treated include the imposition of unequal treaties, the "scramble for concessions" in China, the creation of Japan's formal and informal empires, and the rise and fall of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereOpen to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
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3.00 Credits
09S, 10S: 10A This course examines the internal and external forces that have shaped Japan's government, economy, and society since 1945. Topics to be treated include American Occupation reforms, the conservative hegemony in politics, rapid economic growth and its costs, the mass middle-class society, and Japan's changing world role.Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Ericson.
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3.00 Credits
09F: 10A This course will explore the history of popular struggles, political change and U.S. intervention in Central America. The region's rich and complex history has been marked both by repressive dictatorships and by struggles for national liberation, social justice and indigenous rights. We will look at the different factors that played a part in determining this history including commodity production, labor systems, U.S. foreign policy, race relations, liberation theology and revolution. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: INTER.
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3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S This course seeks to address major issues in twentieth century Latin America through the history of three or four countries. Topics discussed will include development, imperialism, nationalism, revolution, state formation and violence. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
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3.00 Credits
09W, 10W: 2A From the Porfiriato and the Revolution to the present, a survey of Mexican society and politics, with emphasis on the connections between economic developments, social justice, and political organization. Topics include fin de siècle modernization and the agrarian problem; causes and consequences of the Revolution of 1910; the making of the modern Mexican State; relations with the United States; industrialism and land reform; urbanization and migration; ethnicity, culture, and nationalism; neoliberalism and social inequality; the problems of political reform; and the zapatista rebellion in Chiapas. Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Padilla.
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