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  • HIS 2025: American Economic History

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course offers an analysis of the development of different sectors of the American economy from the colonial era to the present. Particular attention will be given to the role of government, technology, and entrepreneurs in the growth process. ( Fall '08)
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  • HIS 2030: Italy Since 1800

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    In 1800, Italia was an idea but not a nation; 200 years later, Italy has become a leading member of the European community and a strong influence on the world. This course examines the epic of modern Italian history, from the Risorgimento of the 19thcentury through the fascist experience, the Cold War years, and the post-Cold War adjustment. Historical continuities with this ancient area's past greatness will form a continuing theme of study. ( Fall '07)
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  • HIS 2036: History of New York City

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    Why does New York City look the way it does? How have its physical appearance and spatial organization changed over the last 200 years? What are the economic, political, and cultural dynamics that have shaped this city's development? What have been the visions for the city? How have its residents and visitors experienced its physical organization? This course seeks to answer these and other questions. Its main focus is on the city's public and private architecture, physical design and use of natural and material resources. Answers will be sought in required readings, documentary films and field trips around New York City. ( Fall '08)
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  • HIS 2045: The Making of the British Isles

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course addresses the interrelationship of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland from the early Christian period to the present. Chief topics will include the spread of Christianity, the growth of Norman feudalism, the emergence of nation states, the influence of the Reformation, the emergence of England as the dominant center, the face of the Celtic countries, the growth of empire, industrialization, and finally the emergence of devolution movements in the 19th- and 20th- centuries. ( Fall '08)
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  • HIS 2048/2054: American Places I II

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    These courses examine the political, architectural, and cultural history of particular American places: Salem, Massachusetts; Los Angeles; the Mississippi Delta (first semester); Jefferson's Virginia and Texas (second semester). ( Fall '07) (Spring '08)
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  • HIS 2052: Russian History to 1917

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course surveys the development of Kievan Rus, the Mongol Yoke, the reigns of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great, the rise of the Russian state to Great Power status and the development of the revolutionary movement in the 19th- century. ( Fall '08)
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  • HIS 2053: :Modern Russia (3 cr.

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course considers the background to and success of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 as a product of Russian revolutionary tradition and Marxism, the story of the Soviet state under Lenin, Stalin, and their successors, the Cold War years, the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. and the post-communist aftermath. Fall '08)
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  • HIS 2057: Wars of the Modern Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course endeavors to provide a clearer perspective on the origins of the conflict between the "Jewish State" and the "Arab Awakening" by considering a symmetrical investigation of the intense historical claims to territory by both Jews and Arabs. A detailed analysis of the modern wars between Israel and the Arabs since 1948 and their effect on international relations will be included. ( Spring '08)
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  • HIS 2060: Reconstruction and the New South

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    The problem of how to reconstruct the United States of America after the Union's defeat of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery was the most daunting task ever undertaken in the history of American government. This course examines the political, economic, and cultural ideas, events, and programs involved in Reconstruction. It traces the dramatic events of an era of great struggle and hope, crisis and tragedy. Special attention will be paid to the South, the former "rebel" states of the Confederacy, whose social, economic, and political systems lay in ruins in 1865 (Spring '09)
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  • HIS 2061: Islam in World History

    3.00 Credits
    Manhattanville College

    This course explores the role and place of Islam in world history from its debut to the present. Through history, Islam as a religion and a way of life has alternated between a focus of respect and imitation, and one of fear and disdain. Political events provide the frame while social change epitomizes the impact. Main themes include monotheism, Arab, interpretation, Quran, expansion, conversion, adaptation, secular, sacred/divine, prophet, war, peace, economy, and women. (Spring '09)
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