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3.00 Credits
SO J.Allen This course will look at America's democratic, commercial, popular, and high culture, and the changing American character, from the days of Alexis de Tocqueville and P.T. Barnum to the twenty-first century, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Classes will revolve around discussions of writings by philosophers, novelists, and social critics who have reflected on or judged this culture and character. Besides Tocqueville, those authors could include Emerson, Mark Twain, William James, John Dewey, Frank Lloyd Wright, H.L.Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, David Riesman, Daniel Boorstin, Herbert Marcuse, Betty Freidan, Christopher Lasch, Neil Postman, Tom Wolfe, and Jacques Barzun. Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Latin American and Iberian Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies) J.Krippner This course surveys Latin American history from the end of colonial rule to the present. Special attention is paid to the social dynamics of class, race, and gender; to the emergence and redefinition of contemporary republics; and to conflict, crisis, and historical change.
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3.00 Credits
SO A.Kitroeff,G.Kannerstein This course examines the evolution of sport in the Americas and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries from its amateur beginnings to its transformation into a lucrative business with a global scope in the late 20th century. The course is divided into three broad chronological sections: the 19th century, the 20th century through World War II, and the post- 1945 era. In each of these segments we are concerned with the way of social changes affected the way sport was played, administered, experienced as a spectacle, and how it was treated as an important social institution. Prerequisite: An introductory social science course.
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3.00 Credits
SO L.Gerstein The emergence of the culture of Modernism; revolutionary dreams and Stalinist nightmares in Russia; Facism; the trauma of war 1914-1945; the divisions of Cold War Europe; and the challenge of a new European attempt at re-integration in the 1990s.
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3.00 Credits
SO L.Graham This course examines the political, social, and cultural responses to the perceived crisis of authority that followed the Reformation era in Europe. The crisis in faith was accompanied by innovations in all areas of human life from political thought and science to art and literature. Topics include the emergence of the royal state, absolutism and constitutionalism, protest and rebellion, religion and popular culture, court society, and Baroque aesthetics. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO L.Graham Most historians identify the French revolution of 1789 with the birth of the modern world. The French captured international attention when they tore down the Old Regime and struggled to establish a democratic society based on Enlightenment principles of liberty and equality. The problems confronted by revolutionary leaders continue to haunt us around the world today. This course examines the origins, evolution, and impact of the French Revolution with special emphasis on the historiographical debates that have surrounded the revolution since its inception. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies) L.Graham This course traces the evolving definitions of gender and sexuality in Europe from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Primary sources and theoretical readings explore the construction of gender roles and sexuality in different arenas of early modern life such as political thought, law, work, family, art and performance. Topics include masculinity and effeminacy, court culture and power, the rise of print technology and literacy, religious conflict and scientific discovery. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO A.Kitroeff War was integral to the spread of nationalism and nationalist rhetoric in Europe from the Napoleonic Era to World War II; war also gave rise to a European counter-discourse, best described as patriotic pacifism. This course surveys debates among European politicians, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens in this era about the true interests of the nation. Offered occasionally.
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