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3.00 Credits
Explores history of work and working Americans from colonial era to present. Examines how race, technology, politics, gender, organizational innovations and global economic changes have shaped workers' consciousness and their experience of work. (Dolita Cathcart)
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Examines slavery and slave societies in the Americas (mainly colonial British North America and the United States., Caribbean and Brazil) from rise of Atlantic slave trade to abolition. Emphasizes understanding of slavery and enslavement through interpretation of primary sources. (John Bezis-Selfa, Dolita Cathcart)
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What is work and who is a worker Have the answers to these questions changed over time This course examines the persistence of a gender division of labor that has differentiated women's work from that of men; that division's organization over time, place and occupation; and its variations by race, class and region. (Kathryn Tomasek)
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Examines the history of thinking about the nature and meaning of sexuality, with particular attention to the religious, medical, psychiatric and sexologi- cal discourses in the United States and Europe; popular responses to these discourses; and the changing boundaries between "normality" and"deviance."(Kathryn Tomasek) Connections: Conx 23006 Sexuality
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Analyzes the historical development of Islamic reform, modernism and political movements from 1800 to 1992. Contextualizes movements in Islamic societies undergoing colonialization, modernization, Europeanization and globalization. Compares such movements to other contemporaneous ones, including nationalism, liberalism, feminism and authoritarianism. Studies the development of diverse notions in "Islam" espoused bythese movements. (Yuen-Gen Liang)
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3.00 Credits
A close look at China's political, social and cultural development from 1842 to the present. Focus will be on both the foreign and domestic factors in China's transition from its imperial past to a modern nation-state. (Vipan Chandra) Connections: Conx 20024 Modern China: Tradition and Contemporary Politics
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A detailed look at the multifaceted transformation of Japan since the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Japan's ambitions, achievements and problems will be closely examined. The major focus will be on political change, but attention will also be directed to intellectual, social and economic questions. (Vipan Chandra)
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A thematic examination of political movements, social groups and cultural trends through which Europeans searched for new understandings of the world, before and after the devastation of World War I. The course examines relatively benign movements such as pacifism, health and new religions as well as the more infamous ideologies of racism, fascism and Stalinism. (Anni Baker)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth study of World Wars I and II across all major and minor fronts. Topics include: the political and diplomatic prelude to war, political ideologies and war, doctrine, strategy, tactics and technology of war, the impact of war on society, politics and the economy, the media and war, and how the wars are remembered in contemporary society. (Michael Mezzano)
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3.00 Credits
Offered from time to time to allow students to study a particular topic not included in regular courses or to engage in field-work programs for credit in conjunction with the Filene Center for Work and Learning.
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