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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of the modern Middle East and how U.S. foreign policy has shaped that history from 1945 to the present. It explores official U.S. policy toward the Middle East and the policies of Middle Eastern countries toward the United States, but also tries to understand U.S.-Middle East relations in cultural, economic, and social terms. Prerequisite(s):(s): Any 200-level history course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the Cold War from a global perspective. It balances its analysis of the actions of various nation-states with analysis of the impact of the Cold War on ordinary people. It pays special attention to 233 diplomatic and military actions, social and cultural changes, evolving global trade patterns, popular uprisings, and revolutions. Prerequisite(s):(s): Any 200-level history course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Through this course, students will learn about oral history and the racial dynamics of American cities, especially Pittsburgh, since World War II. Students will learn about the history of racial inequality in cities and the efforts of people to both combat and maintain that inequality. They will then conduct oral history interviews to further explore the role the lives of people in two neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current methods and technologies used in the production of digital history, with a particular focus on incorporating local history resources into on-line historical media.
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3.00 Credits
While Intro to Latin American History places its emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth century's, this course focuses entirely on the colonial period from European discovery through the independence movements of the mid-nineteenth century. It pays particular attention to indigenous cultures and societies; the conquest of native states; the development of plantations and the forced labor; European efforts to evangelize among native populations; the role of race in colonial society; the role of caudillos in the colonial economy; and the emergence of liberalism.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the 1960s in America and Vietnam. The course focuses on the war in Vietnam from multiple perspectives including those of Vietnamese and American leaders and ordinary people, examining the roots of the conflict and how it shaped lives and the path of history.
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3.00 Credits
Western media typically paints a catastrophic view of Africa with stories of conflicts, environmental degradation, horrendous sanitary conditions, and their corollaries. Are the positive trends regarding economic growth, democratization, and endogenous creativity bring overlooked? The course tackles this question while offering opportunities to gain substantial, practical knowledge about contemporary Africa.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of Chinese cultural history from early 1900s to early 2000s, via literature and film, with training in digital storytelling techniques. Discussion of this dramatic national narrative framed by political and aesthetic considerations. Our interpretation and transmission of these narratives framed also by ethics and efficacy.
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3.00 Credits
Study of diasporic waves arising in Vietnam, Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, etc., and flowing to the US (especially Western Pennsylvania) and elsewhere. Graphic novels, lyric tales, gender and class, emigrant-immigrant and rural-urban transitions, viewed from Cultural Studies and historial perspectives. Assignments include analyses, an interview, and a communication project.
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3.00 Credits
In every era the family has served as a basic human institution, but it has always been subject to other forces in society, such as religion, politics, and the economy. This course traces the history of the American family from the antebellum period to the twentieth century. It examines changes in relationships within the family (parents/children, husbands/wives) and the changing role of the family in society. Particular attention will be paid to the role of the family in defining gender roles and the effects of other institutions upon the family.
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