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This is a reading seminar that investigates three separate but interrelated threads: the history of sexuality, the history of the body and the construction of gender - in both pre-industrial and modern Europe. The course explores how definitions of male/female and feminine/masculine have changed over time and how they shaped the life experiences of men and women. Readings will include medical opinions, legal texts, diaries, novels, and political debates. This course is cross-listed as WOST 378. Offered every two or three years.
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Description and analysis of the nation's role in world affairs, from the earliest definitions of a national interest in the 18th century, through continental expansion, acquisition of empire, and world power, to the Cold War.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of black history from pre-colonial Africa and the origins of slavery in the American colonies to the urban migrations of the 20th century. This course is cross-listed as AMST 301 (African-American History).
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3.00 Credits
A survey of major development among Native Americans east of the Mississippi River from approximately A.D. 1500 to the present, using the interdisciplinary methodologies of ethnohistory. Topics to be addressed include 16th and 17th century demographic, economic, and social consequences of contact with European peoples, 18th century strategies of resistance and accommodation, 19th century government removal and cultural assimilation policies, and 20th century cultural and political developments among the regions surviving Indian communities. This course is cross-listed as ANTH 223.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the experiences of immigrant and migrant Americans from the 17th through the 20th centuries, with special emphasis on the periods 1870-1914 and 1965-present. It will analyze the changing context of the immigrant and migrant experience as depicted in historical, autobiographical, and fictional narratives. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of the American family from the colonial period through the present, using an interdisciplinary approach that combines readings in demography, social history, psychology, literature, and anthropology. Topics explored include family formation and gender creation, marriage and divorce, family violence, and the social impact of changing patterns of mortality and fertility.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the historiography of a major topic, culminating in a substantial research paper based in significant part on the interpretation of primary sources. Prerequisite: 204 and 304 (or its equivalent), or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A topics course which focuses upon the ways that history, literature, and the arts shape culture, using the city of London and its environs as a laboratory. Taught in the Summer Semester in England only.
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3.00 Credits
A study of a small number of works from the several arts, these may be from architecture, the graphic arts, literature and music. The intent is 1) to focus on the works themselves, their dialectics of form and content, and 2) to inquire into their historical cultural contexts, and 3) to explore the conditions and character of each achievement, both in its own setting and in its potential for more universal aesthetic power. Works will be chosen from the Western Tradition, from fifth century Athens, through Medieval, Renaissance and Modern Europe, to modern America. Open to first and second year students. Fulfills the requirement for Division I.a., I.b., or I.c., depending upon topic.
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3.00 Credits
This course will have the same syllabus as 120. Identical materials are covered and lectures given jointly. However, the course will have its own discussion groups, and a more advanced level of interpretive skills will be assumed both for group discussions and for evaluation. Open to juniors and seniors. Note: Students may take either course for credit but not both. Either course fulfills Division I.a. distribution requirement. The following courses are offered in England:
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