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4.00 Credits
A political and social history of the United States from 1815 to the Populists. The course will emphasize the key political developments of our nation's first century and the social contexts in which they occurred. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 226 only).
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the changes in American political culture arising from the nation's transformation into an urban, industrial nation. Topics to be emphasized include the reform traditions of Progressivism and the New Deal, the rise of American internationalism, and the development of a modern American culture. The course also uses feature films from the appropriate era to illustrate major themes in the nation's development. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 228 only).
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of postWorld War II America focusing on the fragmentation of the national consensus on domestic and foreign policy. Topics to be emphasized include The Cold War, McCarthyism, the civil rights revolution, the counterculture of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Reagan years, and the 1990s and beyond. The course also relies on feature films as documents from the appropriate era to illustrate major themes in the nation's development. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 230 only).
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4.00 Credits
Traces the development of American intellectual and cultural life from the early days of the new nation until the end of the nineteenth century. Using primary sources and recent historical monographs, this course will explore both high and low culture, the creation of an urban mass culture, the development of an American literary and philosophical voice, the clash of science and religion, and the rise of a university trained professional class. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 232 only).
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4.00 Credits
Traces the development of American intellectual and cultural life since 1900. Using primary sources and historical monographs, the course will explore topics such as the rise of American philosophy, the flourishing of American literature, the elaboration of American political and social thought, the development of popular and mass culture, and the growth of minority cultures. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 234 only).
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4.00 Credits
A survey of France from Napoleon I to World War One. Topics to be considered include the successes and failures of the Great Revolution, the rise and fall of two Napoleons, the restoration of monarchy, three more bloody revolutions, experiments with two democratic republics, the foundation of a vast overseas empire, and a long struggle with its neighbors culminating in the war to end all wars. Special emphasis will be given to the development and conflicts of a modern class society. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 242 only).
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4.00 Credits
An examination of German history since the consolidation of the Empire. This survey investigates Kaiser William II's regime, the Peace of Paris and the bloodshed it concluded, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi seizure of power, the Holocaust, the bipolar world of the Cold War, and national reunification in 1990. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 246 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the prehistory and early history of Great Britain and Ireland. It focuses on the formation of the English and Scottish monarchies and on the interactions of the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh peoples from early times until the early modern period. Some emphasis will be placed on the development of government and law in England during this period. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 252 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the consolidation of national monarchies in England and Scotland, as contrasted with the politically subordinate position of Ireland, and the often conflicted interactions of their peoples. The effects of the Reformation, seventeenth century constitutional conflicts stemming from the AngloScottish dynastic union of 1603, the growth of an English/British Empire, and the subordination of Scotland (1701) and Ireland (1800) to England are all principal themes, as is the impact of the American and French Revolutions. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 254 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on Britain's period of imperial hegemony, roughly from the Napoleonic Wars to the aftermath of World War II. In addition to Britain's changing international role and influence, the course treats the reforms of the 1820s and 1830s which created the governing institutions of modern Britain and looks at the slow unraveling of the "United" Kingdom in the twentieth century and its ambivalent position inthe European Union today and tomorrow. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 256 only).
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