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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the emergence of modernity in Europe, the first and second industrial revolutions in Europe and America, the development of device commodities as the typical form of consumer technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, philosophical issues in understanding technology, and whether or not the technological social structures in the United States are an exception to those developed in Europe.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the origins and history of ancient astronomy from Mesopotamia to the Greco-Roman world. Topics include the problems of the calendar and planetary motion, and the relation between astronomy and astrology in the ancient world. Focuses on readings from primary texts. Cross-listed with CPAC 134.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to the study of public history and the use of oral history, narratives, written sources, photographs, material culture, and other documentary evidence important to presenting historical information and interpretation to a large audience. Analysis of archives, museums, government agencies, familial sources, and other historical repositories that hold community voices. Students present public history by producing an exhibit, published work, or community project.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A thematic and topical approach to the study of African history from the early Nile Valley civilizations to the twentieth century. Examines the temporal and spatial development of African societies- including their social, political, economic, and ideological systems-during the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods. F. West African History to 1800; I. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Africa and European Imperialism; J. Ancient Africa; K. Africa from 1000-1880; M. Twentieth-Century Africa. Crosslisted with ETST 117 (E-Z).
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours, or peer mentoring, 3-5 hours, or school mentoring, 3-5 hours. Prerequisite(s): HIST 010 or HIST 010H (may be taken concurrently), HIST 015 or HIST 015H (may be taken concurrently), HIST 020 or HIST 020H (may be taken concurrently). Covers approaches to interpreting human history on a global scale. Topics include units of analysis, periodization, teleology, source constraints and the impact of modern perspectives. Students may apply course concepts through peer mentoring, presentation in Riverside schools, or a research project.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor; at least one lowerdivision history course recommended. The history of China from Neolithic times to the end of the Tang Dynasty (early tenth century, C.E.) with emphasis on social, economic, and political history.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor; HIST 180 strongly recommended. A survey of Chinese history from the tenth century to the early nineteenth century, covering the Song, Yuan, Ming, and part of the Qing dynasties. Emphasis on social, economic, and political history.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor; HIST 180 and HIST 181 are recommended. Examines the history of China from the Opium War to the early Communist period (1842-1960). The emphasis is on reaction to the Western impact and modernization.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An in-depth introduction to Vietnamese history in the twentieth century that covers the three Indochina Wars (1945-1986) primarily from different Vietnamese perspectives. Begins with experiences during French colonial rule and then covers anti-colonial movements, periods of French and American military involvement to 1975, post-war society, and post- doi moi society.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers major historical periods and cultures in Southeast Asia from prehistory, through classical kingdoms, to early modern trading states. Considers the role of ancient stories, religious systems, technologies, and art forms in forming traditional Southeast Asian identities, as well as influences on these identities from outside the region.
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