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4.00 Credits
After laying eyes upon the eastern coast of Canada in May 1534, the French explorer Jacques Cartier remarked that it resembled the "land that God gave to Cain." Despite Cartier's initial misgivingsCanada presented numerous opportunities to Europeans, as it had for the First Nations before them. During the next three centuries, the northern half of North America evolved into an imperial domain of the French, and then of the British. In 1867, through a political union known as Confederation, the Dominion of Canada was created, and the first steps toward the Canada that we know today were taken. This course explores the political, economic, social and cultural life of Early Canada, from the age of European contact to Confederation.
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An overview of the political, social, cultural and intellectual history of Europe in the 19th century, from the French Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War. This era saw the disintegration of previous ways of understanding the world and the rise of new visions of cultural, social and political organization. Movements including liberalism, nationalism, socialism, feminism and imperialism sought to reshape the European landscape and establish new principles to organize human social life, while economic and scientific transformations altered Europeans' experience and perception of the world. We will consider a variety of texts, including novels, poetry, speeches, manifestos, visual art and music. Also offered through European Studies.
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An overview of the political, social, cultural and intellectual history of Europe in the 20th century. Wars, economic upheavals, revolutions and genocidal atrocities reshaped Europe in the first half of the century, radically altering the physical and psychic landscape. Feminism, socialism, communism and fascism challenged the political system that evolved in the 19th century, while the intellectual and artistic avant-garde questioned basic assumptions of European culture. The Cold War, decolonization and attempts to express a new European identity defined the second half of the century. We will consider a variety of texts, including novels, poetry, speeches, art and films. Also offered through European Studies.
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An exploration of the culture of Europe from the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance (roughly 450-1350 CE), designed to demonstrate that medieval civilization is intrinsically fascinating and the source of many of our contemporary institutions, values and problems. The approach is thematic rather than strictly chronological, emphasizing social experience and cultural achievement. The bulk of the reading is drawn from primary sources: epics, romances, chronicles and philosophy. Recommended to students interested in literature and art and to those contemplating a semester in Europe. Also offered through European Studies.
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An examination of the society and culture of Europe from the Black Death to the Scientific Revolution (roughly 1350-1650). During this period medieval society was transformed, often painfully, into something recognizably "modern"- a civilizatiocharacterized by science, capitalism, imperialism and faith in material progress. This course emphasizes social experiences and cultural achievement and provides a background for study in Europe. Also offered through European Studies.
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This course surveys the roles of women in the political, economic and social history of modern Europe. Beginning with the 18th century, the course traces the public and private activities of women and the changing cultural definitions of those activities up to the present. Topics include the Enlightenment, industrialization, revolutionary and wartime activities, the feminist movements and the rise of the welfare state. Also offered through European Studies.
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The history of the Russian state from the earliest times to the 19th century. Emphasis is placed on political history.
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An introduction to Russian history from the late Imperial period to the Soviet Union to the Commonwealth of Independent States. We focus on political events and developments (the Russian Revolution, Stalinism and the GULAGS, World War II, the Cold War, Perestroika and Chechnya) as well as on the impact of Marxist ideology on social and cultural issues. Also offered through European Studies.
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4.00 Credits
With the abandonment of earlier perspectives grounded in romantic and evolutionary stereotypes, Native American history represents today one of the most exciting, dynamic and contentious fields of inquiry into America's past. This course introduces students to the key themes and trends of the history of North America's indigenous peoples by taking an issues-oriented approach. Topics range from the debate over the Native American population at the time of first European contact to contemporary social and political struggles over casino gambling and land claims. The course stresses the ongoing complexity and change in Native American societies and emphasizes the theme of Native peoples' creative adaptations to historical change. Also offered through Native American Studies and U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the formation and historical development of colonial Latin America. We begin with initial encounters between indigenous peoples of the Americas and Iberians in the 15th century and end with Portugal's and Spain's loss of their mainlandcolonies in the Americas in the 1820s. Part of our task is to understand the dynamics of race, class and gender in the colonial societies that developed from the violent collision of cultures during the conquest. Also offered through Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
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