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3.00 Credits
Staff This course examines the dramatic history of a developing nation. The course begins with the history of the Aztecs, and then covers the arrival of Hernando Cortés and the process of the conquest. After the war of independence, the tensions of the 19th century led to the Mexican Revolution, creating a modern nation whose vision of itself is still unresolved. The course gives special attention to modern Mexico's relationship with the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course enriches the traditional analyses of Latin American history by emphasizing the roles of gender issues and women. It looks at indigenous cultures, the process of colonization, the independence wars, economic changes in 19th- and 20th-century households, and modern social movements through the lens of gender. To provide some context, the course also compares the historiography of Latin American women's history to that of U.S. women's history.
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3.00 Credits
B.L. Moore This course examines the political development of the Caribbean from European occupation and colonization to the present. The imperial and societal foundations of authoritarianism in the Caribbean are studied, as are the popular democratic impulses arising especially since the end of slavery and culminating in self-governing "democratic" political regimes. This course is crosslisted a s ALST 327.
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3.00 Credits
This course is crosslisted as ALST 328. For course description, see "Africana and Latin American Studies: Course Offerings."
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3.00 Credits
A. Barrera The purpose of this course is to study the main themes of the Enlightenment as they emerged in Europe and the New World during the 18th century; the formation through revolutionary means of new political communities in the Atlantic world and how they shaped each other; and the interconnections between the revolutions of France, Haiti, New Granada, and the United States, examining the intellectual, philosophical, and social content of these revolutionary movements. Prerequisite: HIST 209 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A. Cooper Italy in the Middle Ages was comprised of an immense variety of cultures and societies, from papal Rome to republican Venice, from Arab and Norman Sicily to the commercial cities of the north. This course examines the politics, economy, and religion of the Italian peninsula from 1000 to 1500, including the Italian Renaissance - the great flowering of thought, literature, and art that began in Florence in the 14th century.
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3.00 Credits
A. Cooper Topics in the history of England between the years 600 and 1500. The focus may in a particular semester be the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, the Norman Conquest and the origins of English law, or Revolutions and Piety in the later Middle Ages.
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3.00 Credits
J. Harsin A survey of the political and social history of France from the fall of Napoleon to the divided present with particular emphasis on violence and civil disorder, the peasantry, the Paris Commune, the Dreyfus Affair, the experiences of World War I, and the Vichy era. French majors are encouraged to enroll.
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3.00 Credits
A. Barrera This course explores the history of Spain and Portugal from the late 15th century to the 18th century. It studies the political, military, economic, and cultural factors involved in the formation of their nation-states and empires as well as their competition with other European powers. It covers such topics as the integration of regions into central states, the role of the "other" in defining identities, religious reforms and practices, gender relations, the establishment of European communities in America, and the slave trade. Spanish majors are encouraged to enroll.
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3.00 Credits
A. Barrera This course provides a survey of Western thought about the natural world from the work of ancient philosophers to the work of Isaac Newton. Topics covered include the differences between science and natural philosophy; the role of Plato and Aristotle in the development of Western European natural philosophy; intersections between natural philosophy and technology in ancient Rome and medieval Europe; the growth of the university as a center of natural philosophical study; the role of Atlantic explorations in the development of science; the new cosmologies of the early modern period; and the growth of science, scientific culture, and experimental method. Majors in the natural sciences are encouraged to enroll.
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