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3.00 Credits
Analysis of institutions and ideas of selected civilizations. Europe from the Renaissance to the present. (4)
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3.00 Credits
A historical overview of the traditional cultures, traditions, and lives of the people of China and Japan. Discussion of the lives of peasants, emperors, merchants, and warriors in each society. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey course on the history of the Middle East from the time of Muhammad in the 7th century through World War II. (4)
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3.00 Credits
A survey of global issues: modernization and development; economic change and international trade; diminishing resources; war and revolution; peace and justice; and cultural diversity. (Although this course is cross-listed with ANTH 210 and POLS 210, students receive history credit only when this course has a faculty member from history) (4)
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3.00 Credits
Surveys major features of the principal existing civilizations of the world since 1450: East Asia, India and southern Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Western civilization, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. (4)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to modern Latin American history, from 1810 to the present. (4)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the experience of World War II on the home front in East Asia. What happened in China and Japan during the war years? How were the Chinese and Japanese people mobilized for war, how did they survive the atrocities, and how did the widespread use of martial violence affect the development of East Asian societies, cultures, and politics? These are some of the questions that will be considered as we reconstruct the history of World War II in China and Japan through a variety of media including memoirs, films, scholarly works and contemporary literature. (4)
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3.00 Credits
The history of Tibet, emphasizing Tibet's relationship with China and the West. How have outsiders imagined Tibet, and how have stereotypes affected international relationships? Students will explore the present crisis stemming from China's occupation of Tibet, and also confront the powers of myth, the emergence of China as a world power, and the agonies of globalization. (4)
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3.00 Credits
The history of what became the United States, from the settlement of America to the election of Thomas Jefferson as the third President of the United States in 1800. It will pay particular attention to three periods - the years of settlement, the era of adjustment to an imperial system around the turn of the 18th century, and the revolt against that system in the second half of the 18th century, which culminated in the creation of the American union. Emphasizes certain themes: the origins of racism and slavery, the course of the religious impulse in an increasingly secularized society, and finally, the ideological and constitutional transition from royal government and the rights of Englishmen to republicanism, and popular sovereignty. (4)
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4.00 Credits
From Jefferson to Theodore Roosevelt; interpretation of era from social, political, economic, and biographical viewpoints. (4)
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