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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years A broad examination of cultural and intellectual trends in the 20th century, emphasizing the difficulties that American writers and intellectuals encountered in their efforts to maintain a position of critical distance f rom the new institutions (e.g., the corporation, state, university, cultural industries) of modern industrial society. Part i c u l a r l y useful for students majoring in literature or art history.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years An examination of two interrelated themes: the evolution of extreme right-wing politics and the development of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism from the late 19th century to the present day.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Every year Examines European social, political, and cultural developments since the 1950s through history, sociology, literature, and film. Themes include: the Cold War; the evolution of the Common Market; youth; women and feminism; consumerism; immigration and labor migration; national identity; attitudes towards America; Germany and Eastern Europe since the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the founding and development of the British colonies in North America and the causes of the American Revolution. The course considers the political, social, religious, and institutional history of colonial America through 1783.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Examines radical movements in U.S. history, beginning with America’s revolutionary origins. Topics include 19th-century movements (e.g., utopianism, women’s rights, abolitionism) and later movements (e.g., socialism, communism, civil rights, the New Left, feminism, the counterculture).
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the impact of 20thc e n t u rywars on women’s lives and on the construction of gender relationships. Using fiction, memoirs, film, and historical accounts, the course addresses such themes as women’s integration into military forces and their diverse roles on the home front; women as victims and as war resisters; the gender symbolism of war propaganda; and wartime debates about patriotism, citizenship rights, maternalism, and social welfare. Also offered as WOM 3075.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offe red irregularly) Is the United States now, or has it ever been, an empire Students explore this question and others as they examine diplomatic, political, economic, and cultural aspects of U.S. foreign relations since the Spanish American War in 1898. The lecture/discussion format draws upon fiction, films, and other images, as well as traditional historical writing.
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3.00 Credits
See LIT 3180 in the Literature section for description.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Alternate years Examines the history of Spain on the eve of the European “discovery” of the New World and howthat history played itself out in the exploration and colonization of the Americas. Students concentrate on the Spanish contact with Amerindians and Spain’s conflict with other Euro p e a n rivals (Portugal, France, England, and the Netherlands), part i cularly in North America and the Caribbean littoral.
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3.00 Credits
See JST 3209 in the Jewish Studies section for description.
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