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3.00 Credits
analyzes significant events and trends in modern Europe from World War I to the present. Emphasis is placed on Germany, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.
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3.00 Credits
covers the period from the late Renaissance (1450 through the Enlightenment, 1780). It deals with such topics as the late Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the expansion of trade, exploration and colonization, the rise of new systems of government (absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy), the military revolution, the witch hunts of the 1500s and 1600s, and the Enlightenment.
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3.00 Credits
analyzes the Soviet Union and Russia from approximately 1945 to the present. Special attention is given to the government and Communist Party, conditions of daily life, foreign policy, the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the post-Soviet period.
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3.00 Credits
examines the origins and development of traditional civilizations of China and Japan to the 19th century. Emphasizes the development of the Confucian state and society, the rise of Imperial China, the emergence of aristocratic culture in Japan, the transition to Samurai rule, and early contact with the West.
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3.00 Credits
covers the development of Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, the Philippines, and East Timor) in the historical context of conflict between the indigenous societies and the global community of the colonial powers. The course will contextualize and examine the pre-colonial order, the colonial powers in SEA, World War II, and post-war independence movements. Political, social, and intellectual trends with an emphasis on the diversity of experiences will be highlighted, but the course is intended as an introduction to a broad and diverse region of the world.
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3.00 Credits
examines China's evolution from an imperial state to a revolutionary society dominated by the Chinese Communist Party. Attention shall be paid to political attitudes and elements of society and culture in contemporary China that reflect links to a past that remained influential both as an inspiration and a stumbling block as China remade itself in the twentieth century. In addition, the course explores discontinuities in modern Chinese history brought about by wars, imperialism, revolution, industrialization, and the other forces that broke down or decisively altered the underpinnings of Chinese society. This course's reading and lectures are built upon five major themes: foundation and success of early Qing dynasty, peasant rebellion and Western imperialism, reform and revolution in the twentieth century, Republican China and its challenges, and the birth and development of the PRC.
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3.00 Credits
explores the three ways Japan has become an empire during the past two centuries: through the restoration of imperial rule in the nineteenth century, through its imperialist expansion in Asia during the early twentieth century, and through its emergence as a global economic power in the post-War order. To understand these developments, one must examine the interplay between the internal dynamics of change in Japanese society, culture, and politics, on the one hand, and the impact of the West on Japan during these formative events. This will mean addressing how indigenous changes in Tokugawa, Japan interacted with pressure of Western Imperialism to cause the imperial restoration and reforms as well as the relationship between Japan's imperial expansion and imperial rule at home.
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3.00 Credits
examines the process of encounter between the Old and New Worlds. It focuses initially on Pre-Columbian and Iberian societies prior to 1492, and it examines the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of Spanish and Portuguese colonizations in South America. It devotes particular emphasis to countries such as Mexico, Peru, and Argentina from the colonial to the national periods.
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3.00 Credits
emphasizes the historical developments which followed political independence in 1810. It centers around the impact of Iberian colonization on contemporary forms of political, social, and economic organization in both Meso and South Americas. Themes such as development, social inequality, racial identities, imperialism, and authoritarianism will surface frequently as the course moves into the contemporary period.
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3.00 Credits
traces the history of this important Latin American country from its Pre-Columbian era to the present. It focuses on the merging of both native groups such as the Aztecs and the Mayas with the Spanish colonizers, forming a unique society in the New World. Mexico's distinctive historical phases, from colonization to independence, will also be closely examined to deepen the understanding of the 1910 Revolution and its course throughout the twentieth century.
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