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The upheavals of recent United States history, including the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and other movements for social change, the Vietnam War, the development of a global economy, the political realignments of the 1980s, and the nation's new role on the world stage
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Post World War I transformations in foreign relations, technology, literature, the arts, political and economic thought and practice; the rise of a consumer society, the growth of the state, the increase in Mexican immigration, the "New Negro," and the "Modern Woman" during the "roaring twenties" and the Great Depression. Instructor: Deutsch, Thompson, and staff
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Development of political thought in different parts of the world, with focus on Europe and China. How some ideologies such as nationalism or communism turned into powerful movements in China and parts of the West. Central aspects of modern Chinese and Central European History. Instructor: Sachsenmaier
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This course explores domestic and foreign policy in the turbulent 1960s. We study Vietnam, the War on Poverty, and the interactions between movements and policy on civil rights, women's rights, and the fate of the cities. Instructor: Kornbluh
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The impact of colonial expansion on European economic development, political culture, and popular identity from the "age of discovery" through the present. Particular attention to the ethical implications of colonialism's influence on Western "civilization." Instructor: Thorne
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History of the fall of the Soviet Union as interplay between Russia's economic legacy, a sequence of economic and political decisions undertaken by Gorbachev's government in the 1980s, and international forces that influenced Russia's decision to reform; includes exploration of principles and aspirations that informed Soviet socialist economy in theory and practice; traces the restructuring of Soviet economic system into its present-day capitalism a la Russe. Instructor: Krylova
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Readings from various sources, such as recently published diaries and literary works; film and other critical and historical material. The 'era of the great terror' (1934-39) seen through cultural production, its reception through everyday life narratives and contemporary ideology critique. Taught in English. Instructor: Gheith
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Civilizations known from archaeological records to the early modern era. Topics include African ecologies and ecological adaptations; Egyptian civilization; dynamics of agrarian and pastoral communities; state formation; long distance trade; Islam; contacts with Europeans. Methodologies and sources for reconstructing Africa's past. Instructor: Ewald
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Presents the long-term historical dynamics behind three important situations in contemporary Africa. Recent examples include ethnic warfare in Darfur; oil exploitation and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta; misgovernment in Zimbabwe. Topics might change from year to year. The courses aims at helping students become intelligent commentators on contemporary Africa. Instructor: Ewald
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A range of disciplinary perspectives on key topics in contemporary African Studies: nationalism and pan-Africanism, imperialism and colonialism, genocide and famine, development and democratization, art and music, age and gender. Instructor: Staff
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