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3.00 Credits
Study of the clash between tradition and change in Latin America from the colonial period into the 21st century with emphasis on the social, religious, and economic aspects of conflict. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the history of the United States in world affairs from the early national period to the present with emphasis on the rise of the United States to the status of a world power and on the role of the United States as a world power. European as well as American perspectives will be considered. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
History of the nations of Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, with emphasis on the past 100 years. Major topics include the peoples of Eastern Europe, the Russian Empire, the AustroHungarian Empire, the collapse of the empires in World War I, Communist revolution in Russia, new states in Eastern Europe, Stalin's regime, impact of World War II, the Soviet Union and its East European Empire, and the collapse of Communism. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
Examines developments in Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I. Principal topics include the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, industrialization and the creation of industrial society, mid-century revolutions, nationalism and the unification of Germany and Italy, spread of constitutional government and democracy, cultural and intellectual developments, imperialism, failure of the Concert of Europe, and the onset of war in 1914.
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3.00 Credits
From classical Greece and Rome, who saw themselves under the siege by the "barbarian hordes," to contemporary America and its war on "Islamic extremism," from the Birth of the Nation, to 300, Western societies have repeatedly represented a particular group of people as a threat to civilization. This course will examine a wide range of representations of non-White and/or non-Western peoples and cultures in film, literature, scientific and legal writings, popular culture, and artistic expression. What is behind this impulse to divide the world into "us" and "them"? How is it bound up with the distribution of power and resources? And what happens when the "barbarian hordes" talk back? One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
Study of Black history in the United States from European colonization to the end of the Civil War, with emphasis on the unique tactics used by Black people to resist and persevere against repression. Major topics include the formation of racial theory; racialized slavery, Black resistance, and the Black abolitionist movements; and the broad theme of global connections among Black Americans, other parts of the African diaspora, and Africa itself. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
Study of people of African descent in the United States from emancipation to the recent past, with emphasis on Black identity, agency, and memory and the central place of African Americans in the national historical narrative. Major topics include Reconstruction: segregation, accomodation, and institution building;migration and urbanization; the civil rights movement and its aftermath; approaches to Black religion, culture, and intellectual life; and global dimensions of the Black freedom struggle. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the various historical developments that arose during the "long civil rights movement" from the 1930s to the present. Students will investigate the shifting historical dynamics that African Americans confronted as they experienced, challenged, and eventually overcame Jim Crow segregation and sought an end to systemic racial discrimination. In particular, students will explore the nuanced interplay "bottom-up" and "top-down" forces played throughout the "long" black freedom struggle. They will also gain an appreciation of the movement's wide-ranging implication on other 1960s-to-present-day social and political undertakings.
Prerequisite:
One 100-level HIST course
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the various historical
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the history of the state from its founding to the present with emphasis on political, social, and economic developments and the changing attitudes prevalent among its citizenry. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.
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