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4.00 Credits
Our course will examine the historical development of the United States from the close of the Civil War through the 1920s. This period witnessed the growth of the United States as an industrial, global power. It saw the expansion of cities, the rise of big business, the economic development of the west, and the emergence of new technologies and entertainments from cinema to the automobile. We will analyze the conflicts arising from these dynamic changes, exploring the reform movements and labor struggles that marked the era. We will also address the varied impact these changes had across racial, regional, ethnic, and gender differences. Students will use primary and secondary historical sources to think and write critically about the upheavals of industrial America.
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4.00 Credits
Causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
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4.00 Credits
Russian Civilization from its beginnings a thousand years ago to the present day. Each unit will cover historical and cultural background as well as literary texts. We will examine important national "myths" (narratives with a variable connection to the historical record) that govern the Russians' understanding of their history and culture, including: the Golden Age of Kiev, Moscow as the Third Rome, and the myths surrounding the city of Petersburg. We will analyze traditional tensions in Russian civilization which prevail today, such as those between: chaos and order, foreign influence and a strong national identity, innovation and tradition, and between radical skepticism and faith. Readings will include: Russian fairy tales and saints' lives, excerpts from the autobiography of the 17th century heretic Avvakum, tales by Pushkin and Gogol, one of Dostoevsky's most powerful and influential novels ("The Devils/Possessed"), and a wide range of materials from the twentieth century. In English.
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2.00 Credits
Students will follow current events in Russia through the internet, newspapers, magazines, and other sources (including satellite broadcasts when available). Along with a general attention to current events, each student will follow a particular area of interest (e.g. national identity, the market economy, politics, health issues, crime, culture, foreign policy) throughout the term, do background work on this topic and write it up towards the end of the term. Students who read Russian will be encouraged to use available sources in that language. This course is designed to (1) familiarize students with the most important issues facing Russia today and the historical/political/cultural context in which to place them; (2) to acquaint students with a variety of resources from the US, Russia, and a number of other countries and the different perspectives these sources may give on one and the same issue. Two credit course. May be taken more than once for credit.
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4.00 Credits
In this expanded 4-credit version of the 2-credit "Russia Now" course, students will follow current events in Russia through print and electronic sources, and write two short essays and one longer research paper.
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4.00 Credits
The course approaches The Divine Comedy both as a poetic masterpiece and as an encyclopedia of medieval culture. Through a close textual analysis of selected cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, students learn how to approach poetry as a vehicle for thought, an instrument of self-discovery, and a way to understand and affect the world. They also gain a perspective on the Biblical, Christian, and Classical traditions as they intersect with the multiple levels of Dante's concern ranging from literature to history, from politics to government, from philosophy to theology. Class format includes lectures and discussion. Intensive class participation is encouraged. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
The United States was once Indian country. Parts became English, French, or Spanish, then American. The result of English and European settlement and the succession of the United States to the right of governing their territories was both an intricate set of cultural exchanges, often beneficial to both parties, and the dispossession of the Indians, who kept about five per cent of the land--most of it what no one else wanted. In addition to examining the processes of contact and dispossession, the course will consider the many stories, or "discourses," people have used to interpret contact and dispossession, among them, Indians as Vanishing Americans, Indians as Victims, Indians as Agents, Indians as Privileged Characters, Indian Holocaust and Survival.
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the evolution of American popular music in the 20th century. The course will discuss the key figures and works of various genres, but the focus will be on tying these musical styles to their broader socio-historical contexts (e.g. the connections between soul music and the civil rights movement, and between rap music and the experience of African-Americans in the Reagan era). Musical works, and primary and secondary historical documents, will all be consulted.
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4.00 Credits
The course covers the history and influence of the music called "the Blues"; the origins of blues in the context of African American culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the blues' rapid rise to becoming the dominant popular music in the African American community, and the discovery of blues by white audiences. Class format combines lecture, listening and discussion.
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4.00 Credits
The course will focus on the modern history of Japan from 1850 into the 1990s. The transformation of Japan from a traditional into a modern, industrial society with its costs, disruptions, and benefits will be emphasized. The emergence of Japan as a major power in East Asia, its expansion into Korea and Manchuria, and the growing conflict with the West, leading to the Pacific War, will also be covered as will Japanese postwar political, social, and economic change. READINGS: A modern Japan history text; G.L. Bernstein, HARUKO'S WORLD; N. Field, IN THE REALM OF A DYING EMPEROR; G. L. Bernstein, ed. RECREATING JAPANESE WOMEN; Arai Shinya, SHOSHAMAN; Nagatsuka Takashi, THE SOIL; Nakano Makiko, MAKIKO'S DIARY; among others.
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