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This course surveys the history of Japan from its earliest period until 1800, highlighting its characteristic institutions and traditions. It includes a study of the major political figures, as well as the everyday material culture, particularly of the Tokugawa period. Additionally, some of Japan's traditional literature and religions will be examined. ( Fall '08)
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A study of the modernization and westernization of Japan from the early 19th- century to the present, focusing on its emergence as a world power. The "underside" of Japan's rise to power wilbe examined, as well as the nature of US-Japan relationships during and right after WWII. ( Spring '09)
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This course surveys Chinese history from earliest times (ca. 1700 B.C.) to the late 18th- century, focusing on China's characteristic social and political institutions, as well as its intellectual and cultural traditions. China's relations with other Asian countries and peoples will also be treated. ( Fall '07)
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This course surveys the social and political history of the Indian subcontinent from the end of the 18th- century to c. 1995. It examines the evolution of Indian nationalism and the Indian nation-state, beginning with the rise of British imperial dominance in southern Asia in the 18th - century and concluding with the economic, political, and social pressures on the subcontinent - regional and national as well as international -after independence and partition in 1947. It looks at the political, social, and religious developments in the nations of present-day South Asia and their impact on the world. No prior background of the region is required. ( Fall '08)
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This course will survey the social, cultural, and political history of Ireland in the 20th- century. Topics covered will include the Celtic Revival of the early years of the new century, the Easter Rebellion (1916), the War of Independence (1919-22) and Civil War (1921-22), the Irish Free State (1922-49), the years of stagnation in the post-1945 era, the period of the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland (1968-98) and the development of the Celtic Tiger economy in the 1990s. Particular emphasis will be given to cultural and literary influences, especially the role of religion in Irish society ( Spring 09)
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This course will provide students with a concentrated introduction to the social, political, and economic history of Mexico. We will explore how regional identities, gender relations, and political and economic struggles informed Mexico's path to independence, the struggles between liberalism and conservatism in the formation of the state in the nineteenth century, peasant struggles over land and sovereignty, modernization; authoritarian rule and struggles for democratization; the Mexican Revolution; relations with the United States; women's movements, populism; the post-revolutionary state; the rise and decline of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), and recent reformist and revolutionary challenges to the state and neo liberal policies.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of African history from the earliest times to 1800. Themes include the formation of early human communities in selected parts of Africa, the ancient kingdoms and civilizations of Egypt, Meroe, Axum and others, the Sudanic empires and kingdoms, East and Southern African kingdoms, the trans-Saharan trade system, the slave trade and its impact, and political and economic developments to 1800. ( Fall)
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Twentieth century Latin America was a period of intense political, social, and economic transformation. Traditional historical approaches have emphasized the centrality of elites and state structures in fostering revolution while downplaying the essential role women, peasants, workers, and indigenous peoples played in shaping revolutionary activity and post revolutionary state structures. A more complete understanding of revolutionary processes can only be attained through incorporating subalterns' visions and ideas as they sought to shape their own revolutionary agenda. We will focus primarily on the revolutions in Guatemala 1944-1954, Cuba 1959, Chile 1973, and Nicaragua 1979. Key questions we will explore in this course include: Were social relationships transformed in all of the revolutions examined? Why or why not? If so how? How did race and gender factor into revolutionary activity? Who benefited and why? What role did foreign powers play in spurring revolutionary activity and why? This course will emphasize the theoretical questions behind social change that led to the violent transformations in Latin American societies.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys aspects of the history of post-independence Africa since the 1950s. Themes examined include the national independence movements and liberation struggles, nationbuilding, political ideologies, the party systems, the military in politics, internal conflicts, civil wars, educational, social and cultural developments, neo-colonialism, economic dependency and development, foreign interference through structural adjustment programs, the movement for political change and the future of Africa. ( Spring)
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This course follows the emergence of modern Ireland from the Elizabethan conquest to the modern period. Special attention will be paid to the experience of conquest and colonization, the impact of the penal laws, the major social dislocation caused by the Potato Famine, modernization, the role of the Catholic Church, the cultural and political influence of the Celtic Revival, and the background to the current situation in Northern Ireland. (Spring '08)
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