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4.00 Credits
Analyzes the roots of U.S. foreign policy, beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the Spanish-American War. Examines the development of the US from a small eighteenth-century experiment in democracy into a late nineteenth-century imperial power. Topics include foreign policy powers in the Constitution, economic development, continental and overseas expansion, and Manifest Destiny. Part of the history concentration and the American history and modern world history minors. It may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to modern Japanese history, highlighting social and aesthetic traditions that have formed the foundation for Japanese literature and cinema. Explores how writers and directors have drawn on this heritage to depict historical experiences. Part of the history concentration and the modern world history minor. It may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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4.00 Credits
Examines main themes in U.S. social history immigration, ethnicity, urbanization and major themes in intellectual history; the question of national character; salient facets of American ideas and institutions and leading historiographical assessments of the American experience. Part of the history and ESL concentrations; the American history minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the late-19th century emergence of the United States as an imperial power and its development into a twentieth-century superpower. Topics include American politics and foreign policy, the influence of racial and cultural ideologies on policy, isolation and intervention, the Cold War, and the Iraq wars. Required course for international studies majors. Part of the history and global studies concentrations; the history of the modern world minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course analyzes the making of the contemporary Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present with special emphasis on the patterns of political development in the 20th century. Part of the history, international relations and Arabic language/culture concentrations; the history of the modern world and international relations minors; the political science minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of the international studies Middle East track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
The course analyzes the major political, social, intellectual and economic events in Europe since 1600. Special emphasis will be placed on the meaning of the Scientific Revolution: on the political and constitutional systems from Locke to contemporary democracies; on the Enlightenment and its mentality of reason, freedom, skepticism and toleration; on Church and State relations; on the society, culture and literature ideologies of left, center and right; and on the modern and contemporary sociological and philosophical movements; positivism, realism and modern ethical trends; and present European economic globalism. Part of the history concentration; the European history minor; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of the international studies European track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Investigates the origins and outcomes of the two World Wars with special emphasis on the conflicting strategies and secretive diplomacy adopted by the European Great Powers between 1871 and 1945. Part of the history and international relations concentrations; the history of the modern world, European history, political science, and international relations minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of the international studies European track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Survey of the historical development of the Hispanic and Portuguese areas of the Americas from independence through the mid-20th century. The movement towards independence, the problems that emerged during the nineteenth century of forming unified nations and the problems of modernization in the twentieth century are all covered. The histories of selected countries are used to illustrate these issues. Part of the history, Spanish language/culture, and Latino/Latina/Latin American concentrations; the Spanish language/ culture and history of the modern world minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of the international studies Latin American track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
The course analyzes the major changes that have affected Europe since 1945. The focus in this course will be on the political and economic process of European integration from the Organization for European Economic Cooperation to the Treaty of Maastricht; the Single Market to the single currency; the Common Market to the transatlantic cooperation between the European Union and the United States; Detente and Perestroika to the new relations between the European Union and the Eastern European countries; Keynesian neo-capitalism to economic globalism and the new partnership between the European Union and the countries of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Part of the global studies and history concentrations; the European history and history of the modern world minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of international studies European track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
An analysis of the major themes characterizing post-World War II United States history. It investigates the specific characteristics of America as a modern state. Selected themes include intellectual, cultural, political and military aspects. Part of the history concentration; the American history and history of the modern world minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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