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4.00 Credits
A course which examines special topics in Asian history. Distribution area: alternative voices.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
In this comparitive coure, we will examine political, social, economic, and cultural conditions during the period of the establishment of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in the 17th century. In both regions the elite were initially warriors - the samurai class in Japan and the Manchu ethnic group in China. Both regimes restructured society, placing themselves at the top and restricting social movements at the lower levels to varying degrees. Both areas were thus ruled by military elites, but in Japan they were distinguished by class while in China by ethnicity. Neither group could rule without support from other segments of the society. The Tokugawa shoguns had to make cincessions to the merchant class, while the Manchus made them to the majority of the Han ethnic group. In addition to examining differences and convergences in the areas of state institutions and social organization, we will also explore changing gender roles, shifting economic conditions, as well as the impact (or lack thereof) of these regimes at the local level. Distribution area: social science or alternative voices.
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3.00 Credits
In this course we will examine the social, cultural, political, economic and diplomatic history of China from the late 19th century to the present. Topics we will explore include the emergence of Chinese nationalism, the collapse of the imperial system, explorations into republican forms of government, international conflicts, restructuring of social roles, changes in gender expectations, the rise of the communist party, mass campaigns, China's reemergence as an international player, and the thriving of socialism with "Chinese characteristics." While many of these themes will be examined at the national and international level, we will also explore a number of the issues at the local level. Distribution area: social science or alternative voices
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 This course will explore technological, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the industrial transformation of the United States from the primarily agrarian America of the early 19th century to the recognizably industrial nation of the early 20th century. We will examine the choices Americans made about the makings of their material world, and the implications, seen and unseen, of the development of industrial capitalism. This course will make use of primary and secondary sources, and will emphasize reading, writing, and discussion. Prerequisite: 200-level United States course or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 This course, surveying America's relationship to the rest of the world in the late 19th and 20th centuries, will emphasize the ideological assumptions and economic motivations that shaped America's development as a major power. Consideration will also be given to various interpretations of U.S. foreign policy from the Spanish American War to Iraq. Class discussions of a variety of readings will form a significant part of the course. Not recommended for first-year students.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will examine the social, cultural, and political changes accompanying America's revolution into a modern society. Topics will include the Progressive Movement, the development of a corporate economy, the response to the crisis of the Great Depression, how the United States responded to two world wars, and the impact those wars had upon American society, the rise of mass culture and consumerism, changes in work and leisure, questions of race and gender, and the politics and diplomacy of the period.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizing the political, economic, diplomatic, and social aspects of American society from 1945 to present, this course will investigate the origins of the Cold War, McCarthyism, the increasing power of the presidency, the United States' response to Third World nationalism, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, student revolts, social thought, Vietnam, Watergate, and the rise of the New Right. Biographies, monographs, documents, and films rather than texts are emphasized in an attempt to present a wide variety of historical materials and interpretations. It is anticipated that this course will help students develop the ability to appreciate the historical process. The class will emphasize reading and discussion. Not recommended for first-year students.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 To what degree has the category "womanhood" been a meaningful one in a multicultural nation In what ways have other kinds of social and geographic boundaries - for example race, class, region, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. - shaped gendered experience, and when Gender analysis and women's history have raised new historical questions and demanded re-analysis of historical sources. Rewriting the history of people called "women" has led to an interrogation of gender categories and the ongoing construction and reconstruction of masculinities and femininities - and also of other ways of defining difference. This class explores the ways gender difference has worked legally, socially, economically, and culturally in the United States., and the ways women have chosen to live their lives, from around 1800 to the late 20th century. Readings include primary and secondary sources; papers and discussion required. Distribution area: alternative v
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 From the forced migrations of the Atlantic slave trade, through the negotiations and survival strategies of chattel slavery, to the strategies of living as free citizens in a nation whose commitment to "freedom" has often been racially contingent, the history of Africans and African Americans in North America is central to the history of the United States. This course explores constructions of racial categories and the experience, agency, resistance, and struggles for equality of people identifying themselves as - variously - colored, Negro, black, Afro-American, and African American. We will begin around the time of the protection of slavery in the U.S. Constitution and end with an inquiry into the workings of race in the United States after the Civil Rights overhaul of the 1960s. Readings include primary and secondary sources; papers and discussion required. Distribution area: alternative voice
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 This course takes seriously the concept of gender roles/ideas as affecting history and vice versa. We will focus on four key "ruptures" when gender came to the fore in Modern European history. These include: 1780-1820, when politics and the domestic sphere were redefined by the French Revolution and industrialization in England; 1905-1930, when sexual identities became a topic of open contestation and women came fully into the public sphere; the 1950s, when rebuilding after World War II meant trying to rebuild traditional families; and lastly the 1970s and the rise of feminism and gay rights movements. We'll explore how, during each of these periods, political, social and economic events were closely intertwined with gender and with sexuality and sexual orientation. We will use primary and secondary historical texts to hear the voices of the past. Distribution area: social science or alternative voices
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