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  • 79 230: Arab-Israeli Conflict and Peace Process since 1948

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course begins in 1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel, the Palestinian dispersal and the first of many Arab-Israeli wars, and continues up to the present time. Emphasis is on primary source documents and other source material beyond the textbook such as maps, film, literature, media, autobiographies, and biographies. The examination of the many facets of the Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israel conflicts is accompanied by attention to the search for peace and its frustration. The semester culminates in a sustained role playing exercise simulating an Arab-Israeli peace conference. Is peace even possible?
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  • 79 231: American Foreign Policy 1945-Present

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course provides an introduction to the study of U.S. foreign policy. Its main focus will be on problems and possibilities confronting the world during the Cold War as well as global political changes in the post-Cold War era and since 9/11. Important foreign policy strategies which will be discussed include the strategy of containment, NSC-68, the Eisenhower-Dulles ?New Look,? the Kennedy-Johnson ?flexible response,? ?d?tente,? the democratic peace, and contemporary approaches to combating global terror. Theoretical readings in history and political science will be used as analytic filters to assess both scholarly evaluations of American foreign policy and key historical episodes.
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  • 79 235: Caribbean Cultures

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course will examine the cultures and societies of the Caribbean focusing on their colonial past, their current positioning in the world, their social structure, cultural patterns and current transnationalism. Using social history, film and music we will explore the topics of race, class, family, gender, religion, national identity and underdevelopment. Comparative research projects will provide concrete instances of the differences and similarities between the Anglo-Caribbean, Franco-Caribbean, and Hispanic Caribbean.
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  • 79 237: Comparative Slavery

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course will explore slavery as it developed throughout the Atlantic basin, focusing on the Caribbean, North America and Brazil. Slave systems will be compared and various key concepts will be explored including: colonialism, emancipation, resistance, social stratification and cultural retentions.
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  • 79 242: Topics in African American History: Reconstruction to the Present

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course examines the black experience from Reconstruction to the present. The evolution of race relations is an important component of the course, but the major emphasis is placed on the internal experiences of black people, within the framework of larger socioeconomic and political processes in U.S. history. Although the course includes a general text, assigned readings revolve around detailed studies of particular topics (e.g., work, family, and religion) or chronological periods (e.g., the Great Migration, Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights Era).
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  • 79 243: African American Women's History

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course explores African-American women's history from slavery to the present. We?ll examine how gender and women figured in the creation of slavery in the Americas, slave women's experiences (reading a slave narrative), how freedom and emancipation were gendered, what battles freedwomen faced, the economic and cultural histories of black women, anti-lynching campaigns, labor campaigns, women's role in the Civil Rights Movement, beauty campaigns, among other topics.
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  • 79 244: Women in American History

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course examines U.S. history through the eyes of women and gender. It begins in the colonial era (1600s) and runs chronologically to the present. It covers topics such as witchcraft, the story of Pocahontas, women's work, motherhood, slavery, and much more. We will look at the lives of individual women, as well as trends among women, paying attention to questions of race and class. At the same time, we will explore changing concepts of gender, meaning ideas about what women are or should be. Finally, the course asks: how different does American history look when we factor in women and gender?
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  • 79 246: Industrial America

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course examines the transformation of America into an urban industrial society during the 19th and 20th centuries. It analyzes the major economic, demographic, political, and social consequences of industrialization with emphasis on race, class, and gender. We will pay particular attention to the lived experience of workers who witnessed this transformation firsthand.
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  • 79 248: Black Urban Life in 20th Century America

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    What is black urban life? How has it changed over time? How have popular perceptions of African Americans in the city shaped our understanding of black life? How can a study of urban African Americans explain historical processes? These are some of the questions we will probe to examine the development of black urban life in 20th century America. This course will examine the complex internal and external interactions that shaped black urban life by exploring themes of migration, discrimination, violence, struggle, division, and community development within a broader context of social, economic, and political changes. By tracking the migration of African Americans to urban areas in the wake of Emancipation, this course will explore how forces of discrimination and opposition (both public and private) circumscribed work opportunities, promoted residential segregation, and fomented violence amongst other forms of oppression that ultimately galvanized black freedom struggles in the ensuing years. But these struggles represented only a portion of black urban life as African Americans constructed their own institutions, wrestled with internal divisions and competing visions, forged alliances with a number of groups, interacted with government bodies, and influenced the development of urban spaces. This course will use a variety of resources by integrating lectures, readings, historical documents, ethnographies, and films to unpack the black urban experience during the 20th century. By the end of the course, students will be introduced to the varied interpretations of African American urban history and be able to explain the multiple facets of black urban life.
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  • 79 249: 20th Century U.S.

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    The twentieth century marked the rise of the United States as a global power. By the end of the century, the United States had achieved economic, military, and political dominance. The United States also made great strides in expanding political and civil rights for workers, women, African-Americans, and gays and lesbians. This course explores the cultural implications of these developments on the generations of American people who came of age in the twentieth century. It assesses both the triumphs and tribulations of twentieth-century life. We will analyze the continuities, contradictions, and conflicts in American history, especially in regard to the nation's twin pillars: democracy and capitalism. Special attention will be given to the evolving relationship among the state, the corporate sector, and ordinary people. Topics include: Progressivism, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the New Conservatism.
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