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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar investigates one of the most tumultuous eras in European history by exploring the political and cultural development known as "fascism." Radicalized by World War and Depression, adherents of this new political philosophy gained control of several European countries and transformed them from liberal democracies to totalitarian states. Concentrating on culture and society, we will explore why and how such groups came to power in countries including Italy and Germany, what fascists believed, the elements of their programs, and the legacies they left behind. An original research or historiographical paper, oral presentations, and extensive class discussion are required.Prerequisites: Any History course at the 100 or 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar explores a variety of interpretations of the colonial experience in North America. Emphasis will be on the interaction of cultures and the evolution of political and social systems. Students will explore primary documents and autobiography, culminating in a research paper. (Course offered every third year; scheduled for 2009-2010.) Prerequisites: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar will investigate the political, social, and constitutional developments surrounding the American Civil War. Topics include the development of antebellum society in the North and South, the rise of sectional political tensions, the social impact of the war on black and white Americans, and post-war attempts to reconstruct the social, political, and constitutional order. (Course offered alternate years; scheduled for 2008-2009.) Prerequisites: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar deals with the social, economic, political, and constitutional development of the United States from the Reconstruction Era through the end of World War I. Topics include the rise of a corporate capitalist economic order, the creation of a post-Reconstruction southern identity, tensions between black and white Americans, the United States' involvement in Europe' s Great War, and the rise of the national regulatory state.Prerequisites: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar examines the evolution of American society since 1945. Special attention is given to the Cold War, political developments, and the cultural transformation of the 1960s and 1970s, and the resurgence of conservatism. Prerequisites: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar explores problematic issues in the history of Native people in North America, including both Canada and the United States. Topics include Indians and race relations in the American South, tribal crises and revitalization movements, the intersections of tribalism and capitalism, changing gender relations, and powwow culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. (Course offered in alternate years, scheduled for 2009-2010.) Prerequisites: History 341 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar explores gender systems among different cultures, regions, and time periods in the trans-Mississippi West, from early contact between European and native peoples through twentieth-century industrial migrations. Major themes include human encounters with the natural environment, the convergence of cultures, conquest and colonization, the expansion of capitalism, and their impact on gender systems. Students will consider the nature of gender in historic "frontiers" of individual and community transformation. (Course offered in alternate years, scheduled for 2009-2010.)Prerequisite: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities. This seminar investigates the history of law and lawlessness in the American South from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Students will explore the developments of substantive law, constitutional thought, and legal institutions in the southern states, as well as white and black southerners' attitudes about law and justice. Specific topics will include honor and violence in the Old South, the law of slavery, communal justice and lynching, and the effect of religious values on substantive law and constitutional ideals. (Course offered in alternate years, scheduled for 2009-2010.) Prerequisite: Any History course at the 200-level or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: Humanities This course will survey the United States' involvement in the Cold War and how conflict with the Soviet Union shaped postwar international affairs, domestic politics, and American culture society. Students will learn about the rise of the Soviet-American global rivalry and how this competition played itself out in different theatres. Readings will cover the growth of tensions over issues like the Truman Doctrine or Communist control of Vietnam, as well as Cold War nuclear politics. Further, the course will examine Cold War culture in the United States and discuss issues of consensus and dissent in American society. (Course offered in alternative years; scheduled for 2009-2010.)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1- 4. Degree Requirements: F11. This is a directed internship in which students apply analytical and writing skills in a variety of off-campus workplaces. Possibilities include historical archives and museums as well as opportunities in non-profit organizations and law firms. To enroll, students must be approved in advance by the instructor and the Office of Career Services. (Does not count toward the major or minor. Taken pass-fail only.)
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