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3.00 Credits
Study of peasants in the developing world from the late eighteenth century to the present. Topics include peasant farming and family life, interaction and conflict with the modern world, pre-modern forms of insurrection, banditry and modern guerrilla warfare, as well as peasant rebellions in support of communist revolutions and resistance against those governments. (Fall). Liberal arts.
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3.00 Credits
What are the gender rules that affect migration How do different communities cope with the need to migrate and the demands of family structure Compare gender-based migration strategies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries around the world, evaluate reasons for success or failure and assess the interaction of gender and ethnic identity. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: ENG101 and one of the following: HIS101, HIS102, HIS121, HIS122, HIS132, or WMS101.
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3.00 Credits
Homesteaders and Native Americans--Zulu and Boers--Russians and Siberians--Romans and Britons. Not only a border between communities, frontiers are cultural intersections that force the inhabitants to reexamine their beliefs about civilization, race and human nature. Examines frontiers around the world from Roman times to the present, emphasizing the experiences and memories of individuals living at the meeting of two worlds. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: sophomore standing or POI.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of historical developments of island nations and peoples from colonial era through the contemporary period, with emphasis upon Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: three credits in history or three credits in Latin American studies.
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3.00 Credits
Mexican history: its movement through problems of creating a nation state; the North American and French Interventions: the dictatorship of the Porfiriato; Revolution of 1910; the evolution of the modern Mexican state and society after 1920. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: three credits of history or three credits of Latin American studies.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth study of how the historical development of two important Latin American regions (Brazil and the LaPlata Basin), though having developed from different cultural traditions, with the onset of modernization in the mid-Nineteenth Century began to follow an increasingly similar course, such that by the late 20th Century a single historical region has come into formation. Mercosur is the common market expression of this integration. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: three credits of history or three credits of Latin American studies.
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Critical approaches, issues, theoretical frameworks, and questions in the study of United States popular culture. Topics include: defining the "popular;" the production, reception, interpretation, and history of cultural texts; how the consumption of popular culture shapes subjectivity; understanding the complexities of key aspects of popular culture, namely music, television, film, and internet cyber culture. (Every Other Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS101 or HIS102.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the importance of the categories of gender and race to the development of medical practice in the United States and to the shape our current medical system has taken, especially in regard to options Americans have in selecting healers, options Americans have in becoming accredited healers, and the development of the American hospital system. We will also look at the historical and current experience of women and minorities in the American health care system. (Spring ). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: HIS101 or HIS102 or POI.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the way food, eating, and popular culture intersect. Topics include: the social history of food in the U.S.; the role food plays in shaping ethnic and gender identity; how food processing advertising influences eating habits; the cultural significance of current food trends. (Every other year). Liberal arts. Prerequisite: HIS101 or HIS102.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of some of the aspects of Jewish history, seeking patterns, cultural values and specific historical settings that reveal how Jews have lived, by choice or coercion, within the context of other societies. Topics will vary in content and focus with each offering (e.g., "The Jew in the Western World," "Jews in the 20th Century," "The Holocaust," "Racism, Anti-Semitism and Western Values," "Zionism, Israel and the Middle East," etc.). May be repeated once for credit with a different topic. Liberal Arts. (Spring). Prerequisite: INT101 or HIS121 or HIS122 or POI.
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