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3.00 Credits
The often violent history of modern Ireland has been a story of contested identity and suppressed nationalism in which even the meaning of "Irishness"itself was cause for conflict. This course examines the vital, controversial roles that religion, politics, economics, violence, ethnic identity, and imperialism have played in the course of Irish history. Students who have successfully completed HSB 210 Modern Ireland may not take HIS 219 for credit.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the changes in women's work in the family and economy; the impact of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the significance of race, class, and ethnic differences among women; the changing cultural status of women; the development of organized women's movements. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A comprehensive overview of the history of health and disease and the evolution of the healing professions from antiquity to the present. Three distinct themes are developed: disease as a force of change, persistent and changing ideas about health and disease, and healing as science and craft. This course is designed for both students in history and those planning careers in the health professions. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or permission of department chair. (A)
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An examination of the broad contours of the history of African Americans in the United States, with primary focus on the period from 1865 to the present. Topics include African American culture, resistance to slavery, black Americans and the military, civil rights, American apartheid, and African Americans and the United States political economy. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131, or permission of department chair.
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3.00 Credits
The experience of American Jews from the Colonial period to the present, with the examination of their social, political, religious, and economic development. Episodes in the Jewish experience include the Colonial period, the early Republic, the Civil War, the eras of German and East European Jewish immigration to the United States, the Holocaust years, and the post-World War II era.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or any 100-level POL course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the circum- Caribbean, not as an expansion of European culture but as a meeting point for four cultures: Amerindian, African, Asian, and European. Special attention will be given to the following: economic, political, and cultural development; the development of multiracial societies. Disciplinary, multicultural, and comparative approach. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or permission of department chair.
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3.00 Credits
A history of the European and American attitudes toward witchcraft between the Middle Ages and the present. Special attention is paid to the "witchcraft mania"that emerged in the 15th century, to its regional variations, and to its slow subsidence in the late 17th century. The course also discusses the revival of witchcraft in the 20th century. Main currents of interpretation, both early modern and contemporary, are explored. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or HIS 130, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary course analyzing the historical development of U.S.-China relations. The nature of their historical and contemporary views is studied as a reflection of cultural orientation. Their past economic relations are investigated and future relations anticipated. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or 130. (A)
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3.00 Credits
The attempt of the Muslim world to modernize without abandoning religious belief or cultural distinctiveness. Topics include the political and intellectual pressure of the West; traditional attempts at social and political reform; and the innovations of nationalism, constitutionalism, and socialism. The course includes a discussion of the contemporary search for identity, development, and peace. Prerequisite: HIS 100 or permission of instructor.
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