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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course studies Mexico between two historic defeats: that of the mid-nineteenth century, when it lost half of its territory to the U.S., and that of the single-party regime of the PRI at the polls in 2000, after over 70 years of uneasy rule. Civil war followed one of these events; the outcome of the other is still in dispute. How can we explain Mexico's transition from the richest colony in the Americas to a nation with unresolved social, economic, and political struggles? What have been the causes of internal tension and how have different groups sought to solve them? Why have the drug cartels gained so much ground?
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course explores the rich history of Africa before colonial occupation during the 19th C. It concentrates on people and civilizations indigenous to Africa, focusing on ancient civilizations as well as in the expanse of Islam and the Atlantic slave trade. Travelers' accounts, epic and archaeological evidence reveal the diversity of African culture.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
South Africa's past and present were and are closely intertwined with those of its neighbors, including Angola, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. South Africa's industrial expansion, for example, relied on thousands of migrant laborers from its neighbors. The course will highlight a variety of themes, including the rise and fall of African empires (Great Zimbabwe and the Zulu kingdom), the effects of European colonization and the repression caused by the Apartheid system. The focus will also be on the dramatic 1994 transition of South Africa to a multiracial democratic society led by Nelson Mandela.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course provides a general introduction to Japanese history from 1890 to the present, with emphasis on Japan's rise as the modern world's first non-Western power, imperialism, industrialization, social change, gender relations, democracy, World War II, the U. S. Occupation, state management of society, the postwar "economic miracle," and the preoccupation with national identity in a Western-dominated world. In the final weeks, we will think about post-1945 developments in terms of continuities with (and divergences from) the prewar and wartime history of Japan. .
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
China between 1560 and 1860, from its early involvement in the new world economy to the crises of the Opium War era. Emphasis on the history and culture of the Qing empire, its successes and challenges, with attention to family and society, religion, art, and literature.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Although the word "Mediterranean" evokes images of Italy and Spain, much, if not most, of the Mediterranean has been under some form of Muslim rule - whether Arab or Turkish - since the 7th century C.E. This course will explore the Muslim experience of, and impact on, the Mediterranean world from the medieval period through the 20th century.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Far from being an isolated place, medieval and early modern South Asia was an important world region connected to Central Asia, Persia, and Europe by trade, politics, migration, and culture. Complex interactions between Indic and Islamic traditions shaped its popular and elite culture from the 11th century. This course provides an overview of the intriguing composite society and dynamic political culture of India prior to the British Victorian Empire and re-examines the processes by which the subcontinent was colonized by the British East India Company.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A survey of political, intellectual, social and cultural worlds of Islam, with emphasis on the Middle East and North Africa, from the 18th century up to the present. The course covers a range of topics: the rise and spread of Islam; the establishment and expansion of Islamic civilization; imperial state formation and governance; transformations of Islamic societies, cultures and legal traditions; intellectual currents and religious practice; colonialism and imperialism; the rise of nation-states; nationalism and other political ideologies; and cultural politics in the context of globalization.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
In the broader context of conflict between fascism, communism, and liberal democracy, we shall examine various patterns and methods of occupation, collaboration, and resistance during World War II in Western and Eastern Europe. The Holocaust of European Jewry and the technology of terror will be discussed. We will try to ascertain how elites and different social strata were affected by the impact of war and occupation. Students will be asked to read historical studies as well as personal narratives by eyewitnesses and participants.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course aims to provide an introduction to Southeast Asia and its prominent place in global history through a series of encounters in time; from Marco Polo in Sumatra to the latest events in such buzzing cities as Bangkok, Jakarta and Hanoi. For the early modern period we will read various primary sources, before turning to consider a series of diverse colonial impacts across the region (European, American and Asian), and then the mechanisms underpinning the formation of some of the most vibrant, and sometimes turbulent, countries on the world stage.
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