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Credit for Advanced Placement on the basis of College Board examination in World History (score of 4 or 5). One Advanced Placement credit may count toward the major. Instructor: Staff
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Interdisciplinary exploration of the formation of Latino identities over the course of the twentieth century, focusing largely on Mexican-American identities but also considering the experiences of South America, Central American, and Caribbean immigrants to the United States. Uses a wide range of sources, including histories, novels, films, journalistic reports, and ethnographic studies. Instructor: Olcott
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Slavery and the post-emancipation trajectory of Afro-Brazilians in a racist society which officially proclaims itself a "racial democracy." Comparisons drawn with the Afro-American experience elsewhere in Latin America and the United States. Instructor: French
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The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 through literary and historical readings, art, music, and film. Special attention given to values held by supporters of each side, and how they put them into practice during and after the war. Consideration of international volunteers who fought in Spain for their own deeply-held values. Research paper and presentation required. Taught in Spanish. Not open to students who have previously taken this course as Spanish 138S. Instructor: Sieburth
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Survey course with overview of the pre-nineteenth-century Western contacts with China (for example, the French Physiocrats and European idealization of China, early American and English trade). Focus on nineteenth-century topics such as the Opium Wars, British and French imperialism, the efforts to import western technology into China by Westerners, and twentieth-century matters such as the impact of the Russian Revolution and Euro-American foreign policy towards China, concluding with Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and the re-establishment of Sino-American foreign relations. Instructor: Mazumdar
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Beginning with the early neolithic cultures, focus on the evolution of Han civilization, the formation of the imperial state system in China, ecological adaptations and foundations of the agrarian economy, the coming of Buddhism to China, and China's contacts with other peoples and regions of Asia up to A.D. 1400. Instructor: Mazumdar
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The relationship of warfare to other aspects of European society and culture, from the rise of European civilization (ca. 1000) to the eve of the modern era. We study the reciprocal influences of warfare, on the one hand, and economic, political and social systems on the other. How warfare came to be justified as the ordinary business of nation-states will be one of our main concerns. We will also study the relationship between warfare and "high" culture - especially works of literature, music and art - and the links between warfare and culture in an anthropological sense. Instructor: Neuschel
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The pre-Columbian cultures, European conquest and its effects on the Amerindian peoples, and development of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires to the wars of independence with special emphasis upon colonial institutions and socioeconomic developments. Not open to students who have taken History 174. Instructor: Staff
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A survey of nineteenth- and twentieth-century economic, social, and cultural change
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Aspects of social, literary, and cultural history of the Italian cities Venice, Florence, Rome, or Milan, as anchors of larger geographical areas, cities in a specific historical period, or famed artistic centers. Taught in English. Not open to students who have previously taken this course as Italian 128. Instructor: Finucci and staff
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