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  • 3.00 Credits

    History of the emergence of modern Germany from the era of the French Revolution through unification, two world wars, division and Cold War, and eventually reunification.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This class covers European history from the French Revolution in 1789 to the beginning of the first World War in 1914. We will focus on the interactions of three themes. First, the assertion of various concepts of rights and citizenship and the attempts throughout Europe to create political regimes that incorporated those rights. Second, the transformation of much of Europe from a largely agricultural and rural economy and society. Third, the global extension of European power through the new empires of the 19th century.
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    Examines the diplomatic, political, social, and cultural history of Europe from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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    This course investigates twentieth-century British history from the decline of Victorian values to the rise of New Labour. The twentieth century was a period of enormous change in Britain as it participated in two world wars, dealt with the economic and social effects of dismantling its empire, and witnessed radical shifts in gender, class and race relations. This course will explore the political, social, and cultural history of this dynamic period through the use of primary source texts and contemporary films.
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    Examines Mexican history from pre-conquest societies through the present, paying special attention to the following topics: colonial legacies, economic development, the Mexican Revolution (1910), U.S.-Mexican relations, the construction of racial and ethnic identities, and cultural traditions.
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    This course addresses the political, economic, and cultural history of Brazil. It begins with Portuguese colonization in the sixteenth century, traces the development of a profoundly heterogeneous colonial society, the achievement of independence, nation-state formation, dictatorship, and democratization. It ends with the opening of the twenty-first century and Brazil's transformation into one of the world's largest economies. The course will emphasize issues related to encounter and exploration, religion and cross-cultural interaction, slavery and abolition, indigenous peoples, scientific and technological transformation, industrialization, urban growth, and environmental change.
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    Surveys the history of the Middle East from the late 18th century until the First World War, concentrating principally on Ottoman Turkey, the eastern Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, and Iran. Focuses on the institutions of the Ottoman state, its efforts to reassert its control over the Arab provinces, on the reforms inaugurated by the stat and their effects on politics and society in Turkey and the Arab world, particularly in Greater Syria and Iraq. Also focuses on a number of specific issues of importance in the 19th century.
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    Course will cover World War I to the present. Includes discussions of colonialism, nationalism, liberation movements, oil dependency, economic development, and religious revival. The goal is for students to understand the background of the tensions between the Middle East and the West.
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    This course examines Africa's global relationships from early times to around 1800. We will begin by exploring Africa's commercial and religious connections to the Trans-Saharan, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean worlds. Next, we will look at social, political, and ritual life in precolonial Africa, focusing on the diverse sources that scholars use to understand Africa's distant past, including material culture, ritual, and language. Finally, we will conclude the course by studying the origins of the Atlantic slave trade and its impact on Africa and the world.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines Africa's past from the nineteenth century to the present. Close attention to how Africa's global relationships changed over time and Africans' engagements with colonialism, anti-colonialism movements and decolonization, and the challenges of globalization.