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1.00 Credits
This course will examine the history of the production and consumption of wine and wine-related beverages in “New World” wine-producing regions (areas outside Europe)with particular emphasis on Argentina, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, Canada, and the United States. Major themes will include the transfer of wine making knowledge and technology, tensions between quality and quantity, prohibition movements, and the globalization of wine.
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How did young Americans define themselves and create social networks in the nineteenth century's increasingly diverse and urban society? From moral activism such as abolitionism and temperance, to ethnic identity, religion, and sexuality, we will discuss the formation of many of the cultures—from high society to slave community—that in the aggregate developed a diverse America. Students will have opportunities to sample the popular social entertainments of the era, including dance, music, and penny-newspapers.
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3.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
The French Revolution is a seminal moment in western history. This course will explore multiple aspects of the Revolution, examining its central events, its global ramifications, and subsequent historical and literary interpretations. Students will leave the course with an understanding of life, ideas and politics during the Revolution, as well as a sense of how the event has operated culturally and intellectually since 1789.
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This course will begin by contextualizing the founding of Baltimore within the plantation dominated Chesapeake, and the specific political climate of colonial Maryland. We will follow the rapid growth of Baltimore up through the American Revolution and the hosting of the Second Continental Congress. We will then address Baltimore's role as a major city in the new nation, and culminate with Baltimore's role in the War of 1812 and the way Baltimore history was enshrined in what became America's national anthem.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the ways in which gender was experienced, understood, and represented in early modern Europe. Topics covered will include: religion, marriage, family, politics, and sexuality. The course will pay special attention to the relationship between gender ideologies and the political, intellectual, cultural, and social conditions that shaped early modern society.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course covers the modern history of Japan from the mid 1800's to the present. Through the course, students will learn how Japan underwent a radical transformation from being an isolated backward country to becoming one that French philosopher, Jean Francois Lyotard, describes as "the only country to practice postmodernism!" Cross-listed with East Asian Studies and Political Science
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the explosion of creativity that brought Russian literature and the arts to the forefront of European culture at the time when Dostoevsky wrote his greatest novels.
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3.00 Credits
We look at such thinkers as Plato, Confucius, Paul of Tarsus, John Locke, and Mary Wollstonecraft to discuss how they envisioned women and the family as part of political society (or not).
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore questions of indigeneity in global perspective. How do indigenous people define themselves in post-colonial nations? How do native communities maintain a cultural identity in a modern world? We will address the importance of rights and national and international recognition for indigenous peoples. Though looking at a wide range of world indigenous cultures, we will particularly focus on the modern experience and struggles of America's native peoples.
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