INTRODUCTORY AND EXPERIMENTAL COURSES
There are no prerequisites to the History Major or Minor. Most of the courses listed in this section, however, are designed to be introductions to their respective fields of study. They presume no prior knowledge of the topic and are recommended as good entry points to the Department’s offerings. History 6 is the Department’s rubric for experimental courses that may or may not become permanent offerings.
1. The United States, 1763-1877
09F: 10A 11S: 2A
An introduction to selected problems of national development in the period beginning with the American Revolution and ending with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on the critical assessment of historical writing and the interpretation of historical documents. There are no general course lectures; each student is assigned to a section which works under a single staff member. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Cullon.
2. History of the United States since 1877
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
History 2 carries forward the study of national development from 1877, but History 1 is not prerequisite. The course treats such issues as industrialization and its impact; changes in political behavior, ideology, and the American party system; the Black American and the consequences of racism; origins of the Cold War; and the emergence of modern welfare programs. Each student is assigned to a small section which meets with a History faculty member, but section meetings are occasionally supplemented with special lectures, films, or symposia. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
3. Europe in Medieval and Early Modern Times
09F, 10F: 9
Emphasizing the analysis of primary sources, this course examines the foundation of Western European civilization from the fall of the Roman Empire to 1715. Topics include the origins of European nation states, the intellectual and cultural achievements of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the rise of constitutionalism and absolutism, the economic and technological roots of Europe’s global dominance, as well as the social, political, and religious crises that divided the continent. Lectures and small discussion groups. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800. Lagomarsino, Simons.
5.1. Pre-Colonial African History (Identical to African and African American Studies 14)
10W: 10A 11W: 10
This course will examine the social and economic history of Africa to 1800. Several interrelated themes of social organization, the expansion of trade, rise of new social classes, the emergence and disintegration of various states and European intervention will be discussed. Through our readings, we will visit every major historical region of Africa (north, east, central, west and south) at least once during the semester to illuminate the various themes.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800. Sackeyfio.
5.2. The Eye of the Beholder: Introduction to the Islamic World (Identical to Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 14)
10S: 11 10F: 12
This course provides an introduction to the range of Islamic history through an examination of the lives and works of key figures. The following topics, among others, will be examined: political and social change, Muhammad and Ataturk; mysticism, Rabia and Rumi; literature, Hafez and Hedayat.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800. Garthwaite.
5.3. The History of China since 1800
10F: 11
This survey course traces China’s social, political, and cultural development from the relative peace and prosperity of the high Qing period, through the devastating wars and imperialist incursions of the nineteenth century, to the efforts, both vain and fruitful, to build an independent and powerful new nation.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
5.4. Modern Southeast Asia
10F: 10
This course introduces students to the history of Southeast Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will examine the development of colonial rule, the impact of imperialism and colonialism on Southeast Asian society and economy, cultural adaptations to foreign rule, nationalism and revolution, and problems of decolonization. Special attention will be paid to the history of the Vietnamese revolution.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
5.5. The Emergence of Modern Japan
10W, 10F: 10A
A survey of Japanese history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Topics to be covered include the building of a modern state and the growth of political opposition, industrialization and its social consequences, the rise and fall of the Japanese colonial empire, and the postwar economic ‘miracle.’
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Ericson.
5.6. Pre-Columbian and Colonial America (Identical to Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10)
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
This course will examine the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Andes and Mesoamerica, the causes and consequences of the Spanish and Portuguese Conquests, and the establishment of colonial societies and economies.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
5.8. Africa and the World (Identical to African and African American Studies 19)
09F, 11S: 11
This course focuses on links between Africa and other parts of the world, in particular Europe and Asia. Readings, lectures, and discussions will address travel and migration, economics and trade, identity formation, empire, and cultural production. Rather than viewing Africa as separate from global processes, the course will address historical phenomena across oceans, deserts, cultures, and languages to demonstrate both the diversity of experiences and the long-term global connections among disparate parts of the world.
Open to all classes. Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: INTER. Trumbull.
6. Experimental Courses in History
10W: 12 10S: 10, 12, 10A, 2A 10X: 11, 10A 11W: 10 11S: 10A
In 10W at 12, Guerrilla Warfare, Counter-Insurgency and Movements of National Liberation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This course examines the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare used in national liberation movements during the twentieth century and the counter-insurgency strategies developed to combat these movements. The course will analyze some key theories of guerrilla struggle before exploring conflicts in the Philippines, Algeria, Kenya, Vietnam, Cuba and Nicaragua. The course will conclude with a comparative treatment of the war in Iraq from the emergence of the Iraqi insurgencies to the development of the “surge” under General David Petraeus. Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: INTER. Haynes, Miller.
In 10S at 12 (Section 1), Crusades and Culture 1095-1350. The crusades, launched by European Christians who sought to secure military control over the Holy Land, led to a period of sustained and largely inimical contact between Christian and Muslim cultures. Covering the period from 1095-ca.1350, this course explores the cultural, religious, and ideological contexts of crusade history which shaped notions of religious violence, holy war, and ethnic cleansing, along with a long history of distrust between the peoples of Christian Europe (or the Christian West) and the Islamic Middle East. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Gaposchkin.
In 10S at 2A (Section 2), The Voice of the Witness: History, Literature, Law (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 82). Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: EUR. Spitzer.
In 10S at 12 (Section 3), Civil Rights in the United States in the 20th Century. This course examines movements for civil rights, broadly defined, in the 20th century U.S. Students explore concepts of American citizenship, considering struggles for political inclusion and efforts to participate fully in the nation’s social and cultural life. We focus on women’s and gay rights and the struggles of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asians, examining how these and other groups have envisioned and pursued full American citizenship. Major Dist: US & CAN. Rickford.
In 10S at 10A (Section 4), Representing the Holocaust: History, Memory and Survival (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 37.3, also Comparative Literature 64). Major Dist: EUR. Spitzer.
In 10S at 10 (Section 5), From Coca to Cocaine: Drug Economies in Latin America. The coca leaf has a sacred history in Andean culture, but coca’s relationship to cocaine production has also made this plant the centerpiece of international controversy. U.S. drug control policy has associated the cocaine trade with leftist movements and even terrorism. This course will explore the way in which drug production has affected Latin America’s political, cultural and economic life and shaped U.S. foreign policy toward the region. Major Dist: AALAC. Padilla.
In 10X at 11 (Section 1), Introduction to Global History Methods. The analysis and presentation of patterns of global change require strong narrative strategies and methods of research that differ in important ways from other fields of historical study. In this course we will explore some of the most far-reaching, iconoclastic, and speculative attempts to fit great change into a coherent understanding of global time. Students will hone skills both as critics and as historiographers of some of the most spectacular interpretive efforts to understand human history from ancient to modern times. Major Dist: INTER. Crossley.
In 10X at 10A (Section 2), The Politics of New World Emancipation, 1770-1880. The course charts the political struggles over the nature and status of “New World” bound labor from the late eighteenth century British critiques of the African slave trade through the end of plantation slavery in Brazil roughly a hundred years. Readings will explore both those transnational connections and the multiple actors that helped make these years an “age of emancipation.” Bonner.
In 11W at 10, Gender and Sexuality: Asians in America. In this course we examine the ascendance of sexuality and gender as primary categories for organizing Asian American identities in the media, economy, law, and in politics. Between 1875 and 1943, Asian women were special targets for immigration exclusion and sexual policing. This shaped the possibilities for both men’s and women’s citizenship, employment, and reproduction. Other events shaping Asian American gendered and sexual economies that we will review include wars, imperialism, globalization, and military expansion.
In 11S at 10A, Epidemics in History: Etiologies and Ideologies. Disease is a biological phenomenon as well as a social, behavioral, political, institutional, and scientific one. Although infections usually require the presence of microscopic pathogens or parasites, the scope of disease outbreaks on a larger scale is always eminently social. As such, historians have a lot to offer microbiologists, doctors, and public health officials in explaining epidemics. In this course, we will examine the politics of addressing disease outbreaks, the institutional and social conditions of possibility for patterns of disease transmission, and finally, the cultural significations diseases have assumed over time.
7. First-Year Seminars in History
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UNITED STATES AND CANADA
10. Colonial America
09F: 2A 11W: 10A
A study of the foundations of American civilization. Attention is focused on the ways in which new world conditions influenced the peoples, ideas, and institutions transplanted from Europe. The course also includes material on the ways in which Europeans interacted with Native Americans and Africans in the New World.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Cullon.
11. The Age of the American Revolution
10S, 11S: 10A
This course begins with an examination of relations between England and its American Colonies in the middle of the eighteenth century. It deals with the collapse of British authority in America, emphasizing the social and intellectual sources of rebellion. Treatment of the war years focuses more on the problem of political and economic adjustment than on military history. The final topic covered is the adoption of a federal Constitution.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Cullon.
12. The American Civil War
10W: 9 10X: 10
The American Civil War was a defining moment in American history. This course examines the causes of the conflict, the war itself, and the period of Reconstruction up to 1877. Topics to be discussed include the diplomatic conduct of the war, political developments in both the north and the south, military developments, the question of race and slavery, emancipation, the participation of African Americans in the war, the women’s rights movement and the involvement of women in the war, and medical advances. The social and economic aspects of the war will receive as much emphasis as military and political developments.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Bonner.
13. History of New England
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
The course focuses primarily on developments within New England but involves some discussion of the region’s historical relationship with the rest of the United States and with Canada. Specific topics include the logic of regionalism, the origins of the six New England states, town founding, the dynamics of economic change, immigration and ethnicity, education (both public and private), regional literature, historic preservation, and patterns of community development. The course covers the entire history of the region and concludes with a section on ‘New England Today.’
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
14. The Invasion of America: American Indian History, Pre-Contact to 1830 (Identical to Native American Studies 14)
09F: 10
This course surveys the history of the American Indians from contact with Europeans to c. 1830. It provides an overview of the major themes and trends in Indian history, supplemented by case studies from a number of regions and readings that illuminate particular issues. The overall context of the course is the conflict generated by the colonial drive of European nations and the U.S. and their citizens, but the primary focus is the historical experience of Indian peoples and their struggles to retain their cultures and autonomy while adapting to great changes in the conditions of their lives.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1700, <1800. Calloway.
15. American Indian History: 1830 to Present (Identical to Native American Studies 15)
10S: 10
This course surveys the history of the American Indians from the year 1830 to the present day. It provides an overview of the major themes and trends in Indian history, supplemented by case studies from a number of regions and readings that illuminate particular issues. The overall context of the course is the expansion of the U.S., the ‘Indian policies’ adopted by the U.S. government, but the primary focus is the historical experience of Indian peoples and their struggles to retain the cultures and autonomy while adapting to great changes in the conditions of their lives.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: US & CAN. Calloway.
16. Black America to the Civil War (Identical to African and African American Studies 12)
09F: 12
This course deals with the African heritage, origins of white racial attitudes toward blacks, the slave system in colonial and ante-bellum America, and free Black society in North America. Specific emphasis will be placed on the Afro-American experience and on the relationship between blacks and whites in early American society.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Naylor.
17. Black America since the Civil War (Identical to African and African American Studies 13)
10W: 10
This course is a continuation of History 16. Among the topics to be discussed are Black Reconstruction, segregation and disfranchisement, migration, nationalism, Blacks and the New Deal, the impact of war on Blacks, and the 1960s.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Naylor.
18. United States Political History in the Nineteenth Century
10W: 12
This course studies the growth of the American political system. It will examine the development of both formal and informal political institutions as well as the forces which have shaped these institutions. Among the topics considered are the growth of political parties, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian influences, sectionalism, and the breakdown of the political system, and the political effects of expansion, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Bonner.
19. United States Political History in the Twentieth Century
09F: 11 10X: 12
This course defines and examines major themes in the development of twentieth century American politics. There are two versions of this course.
In 09F: This lecture course explores politics, the presidency, and national policy-making in the twentieth century. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of parties, how individual presidents have defined the powers of the presidency, and to the different ways that modern presidents have responded to changing external demands for national leadership in times of prosperity and peace, economic depression, domestic upheaval, and war.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Edsforth.
20. American Thought and Culture to 1865
10F: 11
This course examines leading thinkers, writers, artists, and reformers as a way of understanding American intellectual and cultural history. Some of the issues explored include: the nature and meaning of American Puritanism; the impact of the Enlightenment; the evolution of American political thought; ideas about slavery and race; Transcendentalism and Romantic reform; the American Renaissance in literature; and the role of intellectuals in the Civil War. Almost all of the readings will be drawn from primary texts (including material by Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne, Douglass, and Lincoln).
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
21. Modern American Thought and Culture
11W: 10A1
This course examines leading thinkers, writers, artists, and reformers as a way of understanding American intellectual and cultural history. Some of the issues explored include: the impact of Darwinism; social science and the modern university; responses to industrialization; the tension between self and society; debates over democracy; the challenge of civil rights and feminism; and recent debates over multiculturalism. Almost of all the reading will be drawn from primary sources (including material by Mark Twain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, John Dewey; Langston Hughes; Lionel Trilling; Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Malcolm X).
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
22. The Working Class in American Society
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
This course will examine the development of the American working class in relation to four major themes and time periods: the rise of a labor movement and an awareness of social class in the 19th century; trade unionism and labor radicalism during a watershed era of ‘incorporation’ (1885-1920); the triumph of industrial unionism in the 1930s and ‘40s; and the development of labor-management relations and working-class culture in post-World War II America. During each of these time periods the course will pay close attention to the themes of ethnicity, gender, and race.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
23. Recent United States History
10W: 2
This course will focus on the United States in the period following World War II. It will examine both domestic and international themes, exploring relationships between the two. Specific topics will include U.S. policy in Europe and Asia, National Security, the economy, developments in organized labor, political repression in the 1950s, political parties, mass culture, intellectual and artistic innovations, the civil rights movement, and the student protest movement.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Rickford.
24. American Foreign Relations to 1900
11S: 2
This course explores the history of America’s relations with the world from the colonial era to 1900. In addition to examining the diplomatic and military dimensions of American interactions with non-Americans, this course also investigates the economic, cultural and ideological dimensions of those interactions. Specific topics include: American relations with Indian nations; the Wars of 1812 and 1898; the Monroe Doctrine; the colonization of Liberia; Manifest Destiny; and U.S. territorial expansion.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
25. American Foreign Relations since 1900
10S, 11W: 11
This course explores the expansion of American diplomatic, military and economic power since 1900, with particular attention to the ways that ideas and culture have shaped America’s relations with the world. Specific topics include: U.S. imperialism in the Philippines and elsewhere; U.S. anti-imperialism; America’s overseas nation building ventures; Wilsonianism; U.S. intervention in the World Wars; the Cold War; and American relations with the “Third World.”
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Miller and Edsforth.
26. The Vietnam War
10S: 2 11S: 10
This course examines the conflict which Americans call “The Vietnam War” as a major event in the 20th century histories of both the United States and Vietnam. In addition to exploring the key decisions made by U.S. and Vietnamese leaders, students will also learn about the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians. This course incorporates multiple American and Vietnamese sources and perspectives, and also investigates multiple explanations of the war’s origins and outcome.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Miller.
27. Gender and Power in American History from the Colonial Period to the Civil War (Identical to Women’s and Gender Studies 23.1)
11W: 11
This course examines the history of men and women from the period of colonial settlement to the achievement of woman’s suffrage. We will explore the construction of gender particularly as it relates to social, political, economic, and cultural power. Topics will include: the role of gender in political thought and practice, the intersection of gender with categories of class and race; gender in the debate over slavery and the Civil War; and the rise and evolution of the woman’s rights movement.
Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
28. American Women’s History, Civil War to the Present (Identical to Women’s and Gender Studies 23.2)
10X: 10
(Description pending faculty approval.) This course is a multi-cultural multi-media history of American women from the Civil War to the present. We will discuss race and class tensions in the woman suffrage movement; women, labor and radicalism from the 1910s through the 1940s; civil rights, welfare rights, the rebirth of feminism in the 1960s and 70s, and backlash politics from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Orleck.
29. Women and American Radicalism Left and Right (Identical to Women’s and Gender Studies 26.1)
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
This course will trace the involvement of U.S. women in radical political movements from the mid-nineteenth century to the present including: Abolitionism; Anti-lynching; Socialist Trade Unionism; the Ku Klux Klan; the Communist Party; the National Welfare Rights Organization; the Civil Rights Movement; the New Left; the New Right; the direct-action wing of the anti-abortion movement; Earth First; and the neo-Nazi American Front. It will also examine the relationship between feminist ideologies and non-gender-specific radical political ideologies centered on race, class, and other social identifiers.
Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: US & CAN.
30. American Economic and Business History
11S: 11
This course examines the history of the American economy and its business institutions. Subjects covered include the thirteen colonies as offshoots of British capitalism; the long-term significance of plantation slavery; regional specialization and uneven development; the significance of technologies including railroads, electrical power, automobiles, and computers; the rise of big corporate business and its impact on markets and workers; mass consumer culture; the military-industrial complex; globalization since 1980; and long term patterns in the distribution of wealth and income.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN.
31. Latinos in the United States: Origins and Histories
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
An examination of the diverse social, economic, political, and cultural histories of those who are now commonly identified as Latinos in the United States. Particular emphasis will be placed on the formative historical experiences of Chicanos and mainland Puerto Ricans, although some consideration will also be given to the histories of other Latino groups—e.g., Central Americans, Cubans, and Dominicans. Topics include cultural and geographic origins and ties; imperialism and colonization; the economics of migration; work, women, and the family; racism and other forms of discrimination; the politics of identity; language and popular culture; and the place of Latinos in the U.S. society.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER.
32. Asians in the Americas to 1905
11S: 10
This course traces migrations from China, the Philippines, South Asia, Japan, and Korea to the Americas and Hawai’i as well as U.S. colonial policies in Hawai’i, Guam, Samoa, and the Philippines through 1905. Major themes include labor migration, immigrant exclusion, racialization, anti-Asian violence, and urban ethnic enclave formation. Throughout, we will attend to differences and similarities in the political and social statuses of these groups, as well as their unique gender and class dynamics.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER.
33. Asian America in the Twentieth Century
10S: 10A
The U.S. held different meanings for people from China, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia during the twentieth century when they arrived as colonial labor migrants; subjects of a nascent Japanese empire, refugees, orphans, and war brides displaced by U.S. militarism; or as exiles challenging imperialism or corrupt regimes in their homelands. In the U.S., they fought against discrimination, pursued civil rights, and settled. We compare and contrast these experiences in their course.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER. Kim.
34. Building America: An Architectural and Social History (Identical to Art History 52)
09F: 2
This course draws upon recent scholarship in anthropology, archaeology, material culture, social history and architectural history in its review of five centuries of American architecture. Course lectures not only emphasize America’s principal architects and their designs, but also summarize the social and cultural forces that shaped the country’s built landscape. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Heck.
35. The Creation of ‘America’ in the Age of Jefferson
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
The years between the close of the American Revolution and the start of the Age of Jackson have been described as the “most neglected, if not the most despised period of American history.” Without the drama of the Revolutionary years or the ominous tension of the Civil War’s approach, the Early Republic has been seen as a dull interval between the country’s defining events. Now, new methods in the study of American history have completely changed the way we understand the period. This course will focus on the seminal task of nation building, when distinctively American political parties, cities and villages, gender roles, educational systems, decorative arts, cultural institutions, attitudes toward Native peoples, architecture and economic policies took form. Thomas Jefferson actively shaped the debates over these issues, and he serves as the pivotal figure in our study of the formation of a new and specifically American culture in the Early Republican period.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800.
36. Health Care in American Society: History and Current Issues
09F: 11 10W: 10
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of critical issues in health care through the study of the historical development of the United States health care system. The course illuminates the influence of historical forces and cultural factors on the delivery of health care and on the discourse about health care reform in American history. By studying the components and relationships within the American health care system, students are enabled to acquire an understanding of the relationship between American history and the health care system, and also enabled to obtain a working contextual knowledge of the current problems of the American health care system and their proposed solutions. Each topic is presented from an historical perspective. Through an historical investigation of health, disease, and medicine students should be able to understand and discuss the changing organization of health care delivery in American history, the changing methods of financing of health care, the distinctive role of technology in health care, primary ethical issues in health care, comparative features of health care systems of other cultures, the historical changes in public health precepts, images of health care in popular culture, and the process of health care reform in American history.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Koop.
37. Black Radical Tradition in America (Identical to African and African American Studies 24, pending faculty approval)
10W: 11
Throughout the history of the United States, African Americans have offered alternative visions of their nation’s future and alternative definitions of their nation’s progress. Not limited to reforming the worst social ills, these discourses have called for a fundamental restructuring of our political, economic, and social relations. A radical tradition provided the intellectual continuity and ideological coherence of these critiques, and it allowed African Americans to cultivate and pass on a legacy of social resistance.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN. Rickford.
39. Slave Resistance in the United States (Identical to African and African-American Studies 17)
09F: 10
In this class we will analyze the multifaceted nature of one significant aspect of the “peculiar institution”—slave resistance. We will discuss how scholars have portrayed and theorized about slave resistance, as well as its relation to social control. In addition, we will examine the various pathways of resistance of African/African-American slaves. Because of the dynamic nature of slave resistance, we will approach this subject matter utilizing a variety of primary and secondary sources. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Naylor.
EUROPE
40. Foreign Study Program: London in History
09F, 10F: D.F.S.P.
Through lectures, readings, discussions, and fieldwork this course explores aspects of London’s history from medieval to modern times. Using the city itself as a living laboratory for historical thinking, the course relates the development of London and its neighborhoods to the larger concentric histories of nation, region, empire, and world.
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Butler.
41. Foreign Study Program: History Study Abroad
09F, 10F: D.F.S.P.
Graded credit for this course is awarded to students who have successfully completed an approved course offered by the History faculty of University College London while a member of the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program in History. Selections for 2008 include: “The Remaking of the English Working Class, 1660-1785”; “Remembering Slavery: Britain, Colonial Slavery and Abolition”; “The Human and its Others: Enlightenment Ideas of Ethnicity and Race”; and “Marx and History.”
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. Butler.
42. Gender and European Society from Antiquity to the Reformation (Identical to Women’s and Gender Studies 22.1)
11W: 12
This course examines the roles of women and men in Western Europe from Antiquity through the Reformation period. Emphasis will be placed on the intellectual and social structures that had a long-term effect on the concept and role of gender in European society. Topics included are biological and mythological foundations of gender concepts, attitudes toward the body and sex in pre-Christian and Christian culture, sin and ecclesiastical legislation on sex and marriage, family life and education, the individual and kinship, heresy and charismatic religion, and the impact of social-economic development on gender in professional life. We will discuss the textual and visual sources for our inquiry, as well as the changing contemporary views on gender roles in pre-industrial Europe.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: CI. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800.
43. European Intellectual and Cultural History, 400-1300
10W, 11W: 10
A course on the intellectual and cultural origins of European civilization, from the fall of Rome to the advent of the Renaissance. After a review of the Judeo-Christian, Greco-Roman, Celtic, and Germanic components of medieval culture, we will examine the rise of the Christian Church and its impact on values and behavior of Europeans during the middle ages. Of special interest will be the relationship between medieval thinkers and the society in which they lived, the role of ritual, ceremony, and magic, and the persistence of heresy. Along with the products of high culture associated with such intellectuals as Augustine, Peter Abelard, Hildegard of Bingen, and Thomas Aquinas, we will thus review the fundamental values of medieval society at large and explore ways in which popular and elite culture converged or contrasted.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800. Simons.
44. Medieval France, 400-1494
11S: 12
The course traces the medieval foundations of the French nation, from the Roman Era to the end of the fifteenth century, with emphasis on institutional, social, and cultural development. Topics include: the Merovingian origins of ‘France,’ the construction and impact of feudal relationships, the emergence of French vernacular culture, regional diversity within centralized rule, and the formation of a French national identity. In addition we will examine how French medieval history became a testing-ground for innovative research on the Middle Ages, and to what extent these views have changed our concept of medieval France in the last decades.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800.
45. Early Modern Europe (1300-1650)
11W: 12
A study of Western Europe’s transition from medieval to modern times, tracing the impact of new forces on traditional structures. Among the topics covered are Italian culture and society in the 14th-15th centuries; the concept of the Renaissance; intellectual and religious themes of the Reformation; the emergence of the basic forms of the modern state; developments in warfare and international relations; the political and ideological polarization of Europe after Luther; the ‘general crisis’ of the mid-17th century.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800.
46. Spain in the Golden Age
10F: 12
The course deals with the unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella, its rise to world primacy in the sixteenth century, and its decline in the seventeenth. Among topics examined are the development of a system of imperial government, the impact on Spain of colonial empire, the problems of multi-cultural society within the Iberian peninsula, the struggle against heresy, and the political challenges of the great European powers.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800.
47. The French Revolution and Napoleon
10S: 10
The course studies the French Revolution and its implications for Europe and the world. It considers the social, political and ideological causes of the Revolution in 1789 and then pays close attention to the successive stages of revolution from the experiment with constitutional monarchy to the radical republic and the Terror to Napoleon’s popular dictatorship. The revolutionary wars, the development of democratic and nationalist ideology and their spread beyond France and beyond Europe, and also beyond elite men to peasants, city workers, Blacks and women are important themes.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Darrow. Major Dist: EUR; <1800. Darrow.
48. European Society in the Industrial Age
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
This course traces the transformation of Western European society through the industrial period from the mid-18th century to the mid-20th century. Focusing upon social class and gender, it examines how economic and social change intertwined to produce the world’s first industrial societies. Work, family, leisure and nationalism are topics of specific attention. Although the course deals primarily with the core societies of Western Europe—France, Germany and Great Britain—it provides the opportunity for student research in other areas such as Italy, Ireland, Spain and Eastern Europe.
Open to all students. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: EUR.
49. Early Modern England, 1485-1780
09F, 10F: 10
This course explores the relationships among economic, social, cultural and political developments in England during the Tudor, Stuart, and Hanoverian periods. Topics for discussion include: family and gender; village and city life; religious reformation and the reformation of government; the Elizabethan renaissance; responses to poverty, crime, and nonconformity; the development of political parties; the British enlightenment; commercialization and consumerism; the interaction of ‘plebeians’ and ‘patricians’; rebellions and civil wars; and radicalism, conservatism, and imperialism.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1700, <1800. Estabrook.
50. Modern Britain, 1780 to Present
10S, 11S: 10
This course explores the relationships among economic, social, cultural and political developments in Britain from the modern industrial revolution to Thatcherism and New Labour. Topics for discussion include: industrialization and its effects; Liberals, Conservatives, and Parliamentary politics; enduring Victorian attitudes about class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and race; the rise of Labour politics; suffragism; the Irish question; the impact of imperialism and world wars on British subjects; and responses to Britain’s postwar decline and post-colonial multiculturalism.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Estabrook.
51. Modern European Intellectual History, the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
09F: 11
This course treats the ideas of selected major European thinkers and their interpreters in a broader historical context. The thought of the early Enlightenment, the Encyclopedists, Rousseau, Kant, Adam Smith, Burke, Hegel, de Stäel, Comte, Marx, Mill, Darwin, and Nietzsche is examined with attention to formative impulses and general impact. Recurrent topics to be discussed include subjectivity and the social world, nature and history as forms of intelligibility and sources of norm and meaning, the relation of theory and practice, criticism and tradition, the nature and scope of science, and the motifs of immanence and transcendence. The counterpoint to differing conceptions of ‘being, knowing, doing, and having’ is provided by changing patterns in European society.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR; <1800. Ermarth.
52. Modern Germany: 1800-1945
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
An examination of modern German history focusing on decisive turning points and broader social, political, and cultural currents. Specific topics to be treated include the legacy of the French Revolution and Napoleonic occupation, German “awakening,” the revolutions of 1848, Bismarckian unification and Prussian preponderance, the emergence of mass-movements, the origins and impact of the First World War, the diversity and promise of the Weimar republic, and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Ermarth.
54. The Russian Empire
10S, 11S: 9
After a review of Kievan and Muscovite antecedents, the course surveys the history of Russia from the Time of Troubles to the beginning of the twentieth century. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of the Russian autocrat, on the institution of serfdom, and the development of the 19th century intelligentsia. Intended to precede, but not prerequisite to, History 55.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Whelan.
55. The Russian Revolutions and the New Regime
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
Following an introductory survey of the social and political problems confronting Imperial Russia, the course concentrates on the causes and processes underlying the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the development of Marxism-Leninism, and the eventual establishment and consolidation of the new Soviet Regime.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR.
56. Twentieth-Century Russia
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
An examination of major developments and problems in twentieth century Russian history with particular attention to the consequences of the October Revolution, Leninism, civil war and its impact, politics and society during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s, the formation of the Stalinist system and its historical legacy, the Krushchev era, the Brezhnev years of “stagnation,” Gorbachev’s perestroika and the problems of transition to a law based on democratic and open market system of the Russian Federation, the successor state to the Soviet Union.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR.
57. Scientific Revolutions and Modern Society
10S, 11S: 11
An introduction to major revolutions in Western science since 1700, focusing on changing definitions of science; on political and religious implications of scientific theories; and on the effect of national contexts on scientific practice. Topics include Newton and Newtonianism in the 18th century, the Darwinian Revolution, Einstein and the birth of modern physics, and science under ‘banners’ in revolutionary France, Nazi Germany, and Soviet Russia.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1800. Kremer.
58. History of the Holocaust (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 37.1)
11W: 2
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER.
59. History of Warfare
11S: 11
This course examines the relationship between warfare and the way society has developed in the past. Primary emphasis will be placed on the evolution of Western society, showing how political, economic, social and technological developments governed the decisions achieved in war and vice versa. Warfare is a cultural activity and the story of war looms large in the history of western civilization. Topics will include human aggressiveness, the origins of organized conflict, violence limitations and just war theories, bronze and iron warfare, Greek hoplite warfare, Alexander the Great, the Roman legions, the Chinese way of war, barbarian kingdoms, feudal warfare, the crusades and the Mongols, the military revolution, limited warfare during the Age of Reason, the French Revolution and Napoleon, Nineteenth-Century warfare, the commercialization and industrialization of war, World War I and II.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
60. “A Nation Once Again”: Ireland, 1798-1923
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
This course will focus on Irish history, from the ill-fated Uprising of 1798 to the emergence of the Irish Free State in the early 1920s. Major themes will include: the making of the Protestant Ascendancy; agrarian protest in pre-Famine Ireland; the Great Famine and its consequences; the rise of a new Irish nationalism and revitalized Catholic Church; and the struggle for independence that culminated in the achievement of a truncated and quasi-independent “Free State”.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR.
61. Britain and the Atlantic World, 1480-1780
11S: 2A
This course focuses on Atlantic society, economy, politics and culture shaped by the nature of maritime life in early modern times. Topics include: British voyages of trans-Atlantic exploration; the effects of trans-Atlantic contacts on communal life and settlement patterns; navies, merchant seamen, and pirates; the slave trade; life in port towns and coastal villages; the lore and creative traditions of Anglo-American maritime culture; and the impact of European competition on the British vision of an Anglo-Atlantic world.
Open to all students. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
62. The First World War
10X: 9
The First World War was fought in Europe for the most part but it involved belligerents from every continent and had global effects, many of which bedevil our world today. This course introduces you to the vast subject of what the British still call The Great War, its causes, combat, homefronts and far-reaching consequences as well as to some of the unresolved questions that continue to propel our research.
Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Darrow.
63. History of Recent Science and Technology
11W: 10A
This course will consider selected case studies of scientific and technological work since 1960, using analytical tools from science studies, historical sociology, philosophy of science and gender studies. Participants will read classic books deploying these tools, and then will research and present their own case studies on topics such as the development of the personal computer, invention of the “abortion pill” RU-486, or disposal of high level nuclear waste.
Open to all classes. Dist: TMV; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR.
64. Modern Europe: The Enlightenment Through the First World War
10S: 11 10F: 10
An examination of the major political, social, economic and cultural developments in Europe from the early eighteenth century through the First World War. In this crucial period of world history, Europe generated the Enlightenment, constitutional democracy, industrial capitalism, advanced technology and global imperialism. Topics include: political revolutions in France, the Germanies and Russia; the industrial revolution and its consequences; liberalism, nationalism and imperialism, the rise of socialism and world wars over the course of two centuries.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Koop.
65. Modern Europe: The Twentieth Century
10W: 12 11S: 11
An examination of major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in twentieth century Europe. Topics to be treated include the impact of the World Wars and Cold War, the Great Depression, the growth of totalitarianism, the recession and integration of Europe. A subsidiary focus of the course will be the perspective taken on these developments by some major European thinkers.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Koop.
AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
66. History of Africa since 1800 (Identical to African and African American Studies 15)
11S: 2A
This course explores some of the major historical processes unfolding in Africa since 1800. Our analysis will focus on social and economic history as we examine Africa’s integration into the international economy during the nineteenth century, the rise of new social classes, and the creation of the colonial and post-colonial state. Our primary case studies will be drawn from east, west and southern Africa to highlight both the similarities and differences of their historical development.
Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
67. The History of Modern South Africa (Identical to African and African American Studies 46)
09F, 11W: 9
After an initial overview of colonialism in Africa, this course will concentrate on Southern Africa, with special emphasis on the historical development, effects, and implications of the racial situation in the Republic of South Africa. Readings will be drawn from primary and secondary materials and from works of fiction. Illustrative films will be shown, and some opportunity offered to compare the history of race relations in South Africa with that in other African countries and in the United States.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Sackeyfio.
68. History of North Africa from the Arrival of Islam to the Present (Identical to African and African American Studies 52)
10W: 10A
This course offers an introduction to the history of North Africa from its conversion to Islam to its current, transnational political and social formations. Focusing on religion and conversion, Sufism and mysticism, French and Italian colonialism, trade and economic history, environment, the region’s engagement with the Sahara, literature and culture, and migration, assignments will emphasize major themes in the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the region.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW; Major Dist: AALAC. Trumbull.
69. Islam in Africa (Identical to African and African American Studies 53)
10W: 3B 11S: 2
This course aims to introduce students to the formation of Islam in the Maghrib, Saharan Africa, and Africa south of the desert. Assignments will address continuities with and differences from the practices of Muslims in other parts of the world while emphasizing the central role the religion has played in the unfolding of history in various parts of Africa. Topics covered will include conversion, popular religion and mysticism, cultural formations, and social organization.
Open to all students. Dist: SOC; WCult: CI; Major Dist: AALAC. Trumbull.
70. Three Empires: Mughal India, Safavid Iran, and the Ottomans, 15th-19th Centuries
11W: 12
This course covers 1258-1914 to focus on the history of Mughal India, Safavid Iran and the Ottoman Empire. Between the mid-15th century and the early 16th century, these three great empires played essential roles in South and West Asia until World War I. Emphasis will be placed on political, social, and cultural history, and comparisons will be made among them. Finally, their various responses to the West will be examined.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
71. Social History of the Contemporary Middle East
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
Not since the seventh century and the rise of Islam has the Middle East experienced such profound change as caused by the western impact in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This course, set primarily in the post-World War I period, will examine the scope of this change and its impact on society and traditional values and various Middle Eastern responses. Although the course will center on Turkey, Egypt, and Iran, it will include Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Israel as well. Readings will include primary sources and literature available in translation.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
72. Imperial China in a Global Context
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
China’s history, from the 3rd century BCE to the twentieth century, examined in the context of global developments in demography, economy, urbanization, technology, trade, and the arts.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
73. Early Chinese Culture (Identical to, and described under, Chinese 62.1)
11S: 2A
Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
74. Intellectual History of East Asia
11W: 3A
A comparative exploration of Chinese and Japanese thought, from the formation of Confucianism in the Warring States period to the confrontation between traditional thought and the imported ideologies of the twentieth centuries. In writing assignments, students may concentrate upon either Chinese or Japanese topics.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: TMV; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC; <1700, <1800.
75. Colonialism, Development, and the Environment in Africa and Asia (Identical to Environmental Studies 45 and African and African American Studies 50)
10S: 10 10F: 12
This course examines the environmental history of Africa and Asia, focusing on the period of European colonialism and its aftermath. Topics include deforestation and desertification under colonial rule; imperialism and conservation; the consequences of environmental change for rural Africans and Asians; irrigation, big dams and transformations in water landscapes; the development of national parks and their impact on wildlife and humans; the environmentalism of the poor; urbanization and pollution; and global climate change in Africa and Asia.
Open to all students. Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Haynes.
76. The History of Modern India
10W, 11W: 10
This course examines the history of South Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes of the course include the development of British imperialism, the impact of colonial rule on Indian rural society and economy, processes of cultural change, the development of nationalism, the historical role of Gandhi, the emergence of Hindu-Muslim conflict, and the character of post-colonial South Asia.
Open to all students. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Haynes.
77. Imperialism in Modern East Asia
10S: 10A
An examination of Western and Japanese imperialism in East Asia from the Opium War to the Pacific War. Subjects to be treated include the imposition of unequal treaties, the “scramble for concessions” in China, the creation of Japan’s formal and informal empires, and the rise and fall of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Ericson.
79. Postwar Japan: From Occupied Nation to Economic Superpower
11S: 12
This course examines the internal and external forces that have shaped Japan’s government, economy, and society since 1945. Topics to be treated include American Occupation reforms, the conservative hegemony in politics, rapid economic growth and its costs, the mass middle-class society, and Japan’s changing world role.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
82. Popular Struggle, Political Change and U.S. Intervention in Central America
10W: 10A 10F: 2
This course will explore the history of popular struggles, political change and U.S. intervention in Central America. The region’s rich and complex history has been marked both by repressive dictatorships and by struggles for national liberation, social justice and indigenous rights. We will look at the different factors that played a part in determining this history including commodity production, labor systems, U.S. foreign policy, race relations, liberation theology and revolution.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: INTER. Padilla.
83. Twentieth-Century Latin America
10F: 11
This course seeks to address major issues in twentieth century Latin America through the history of three or four countries. Topics discussed will include development, imperialism, nationalism, revolution, state formation and violence.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC.
87. Culture and Identity in Modern Mexico (Identical to Latin American and Caribbean Studies 76)
10S, 11S: 12
From the Porfiriato and the Revolution to the present, a survey of Mexican society and politics, with emphasis on the connections between economic developments, social justice, and political organization. Topics include fin de siècle modernization and the agrarian problem; causes and consequences of the Revolution of 1910; the making of the modern Mexican State; relations with the United States; industrialism and land reform; urbanization and migration; ethnicity, culture, and nationalism; neoliberalism and social inequality; the problems of political reform; and the zapatista rebellion in Chiapas.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Padilla.
89. The Arab World in the Twentieth Century
09F, 11W: 10
This course will examine modern Arab history. Earlier nineteenth century history will be examined before turning to twentieth century Arab nationalism; the Arab world in global history; the formation and maintenance of new states; regional rivalries and war; Palestine; and modernization, along with social—particularly that of women—cultural, and religious changes, including the emergence of Islamism. Course reading encompasses general histories and primary sources, literature and memoirs in translation.
Open to all classes. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Garthwaite.
INTERREGIONAL AND COMPARATIVE
The following courses fulfill the Department’s Interregional requirement. Full course descriptions may be found in the listing above.
5.8. Africa and the World (09F, 11S: 11)
6.1. Crusades and Culture 1095-1350 (10S: 12)
10. Colonial America (09F: 2A, 11W: 10A)
26. The Vietnam War (10S: 2)
31. Latinos in the United States: Origins and Histories (Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S)
32. Asians in the Americas to 1905 (11S: 10)
33. Asian America in the Twentieth Century (10S: 10A)
54. The Russian Empire (10S, 11S: 9)
57. Scientific Revolutions and Modern Society (10S, 11S: 11)
58. History of the Holocaust (11W: 2)
59. History of Warfare (11S: 11)
61. Britain and the Atlantic World, 1480-1780 (11S: 2A)
62. The First World War (10X: 9)
82. Popular Struggle, Political Change and U.S. Intervention in Central America (10W: 10A 10F: 2)
In addition, the following courses have an interregional or comparative focus.
94.1. War and Peace: A Global History
10F: 2
This course explores how the changing character of modern warfare, the collapse of empires, and globalization have enabled increasingly diverse and successful efforts to establish more peaceful relations between nations and among previously hostile groups within nations. The focus is on developments since 1890. Subjects covered include war and human nature, total war and nuclear weapons, disarmament and antiwar movements, international law, transitional justice, human rights, and the rising success rate of nonviolent revolutions.
Open to all classes. Dist: INT or TMV; WCult: W.
94.2. Science, Technology and Culture in the Nuclear Age
10W: 12
An examination of the social, political and cultural dimensions of nuclear technology from the discovery of fission in 1938 through the 1980s. We will consider how contexts and politics shaped the development of nuclear weapons and power reactors, and how these technologies in turn affected politics and culture. Topics include efforts in Germany, USA, USSR, Japan and England to build fission weapons during World War II; Hiroshima and Nagasaki in American and Japanese memory; the arms race, atomic scientists and the Cold War; the nuclear power industry in international comparison; living in and resisting the Nuclear Age; literary and film representations of the Nuclear Age; and the impact of the Nuclear Age on the development of science and technology since 1945.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Kremer.
94.3. Greek History: Archaic and Classical Greece (Identical to, and described under, Classical Studies 14)
10F: 12
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
94.4. Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Kings (Identical to, and described under, Classical Studies 15)
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
Dist: SOC or INT; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
94.5. Roman History: The Republic (Identical to, and described under, Classical Studies 17)
11W: 12
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Stewart.
94.6. History of the Roman Empire: Roman Principate to Christian Empire (Identical to, and described under, Classical Studies 18)
10W: 12
Dist: INT or SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
94.7. Methods and Theory in Ancient History (Identical to, and described under, Classical Studies 19)
10S: 10A 11W: 3B
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Stewart.
94.8. History and Culture of the Jews: The Classical Period (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 10)
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800.
94.9. History and Culture of the Jews: The Modern Period (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 11)
Not offered in the period from 09F through 11S
Dist: SOC; WCult: CI. Major Dist: INTER; <1800.
95. The Mongols
09F: 2A 10X: 3A
Primarily centered on the empire of the Great Khans, the Ilkhans in Persia and the Yuan dynasty in China, this course analyzes the phenomenon of the Mongolian conquests and state building from the perspective both of the cultural and political history of the Eurasian steppe, and from the perspective of world economic, cultural, and political development in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: INTER; <1700, <1800. Crossley.
95. People, Print and Politics in Early America
10S: 2A
Exploring the social and cultural worlds of print, literacy, and politics in early America, this course assesses methodological approaches to the histories of the book, readership, and political culture. Numerous social theorists maintain that the evolution of republican and democratic institutions depends upon a literate and informed citizenry, who imagine themselves as a community through printed and visual mediums. This course evaluates these theories in relation to the late colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods.
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Cullon.
95. Advanced Topics on Holocaust Historiography (Identical to, and described under, Jewish Studies 80)
11S: 2A
Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER.
SEMINARS
96. Seminars in History
Open with written permission of the instructor to juniors and seniors. The following seminars will be offered in 2009-2010. For details concerning individual seminars consult the Department. Section numbers follow the decimals.
96.1 Topics in Twentieth Century Germany
09F: 10A. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Ermarth.
96.2 Topics in Medieval History
09F: 10A. WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Simons.
96.3 1953: Iran, Guatemala, and the Birth of the CIA
09F: 2A. Major Dist: AALAC. Garthwaite and Navarro.
96.1 American Odysseys: Lewis and Clark, Indian Country, and the New Nation (Identical to Native American Studies 81)
10W: 2A. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Calloway.
96.2 Empires, Imperialism and the United States
10W: 2A. WCult: W. Major Dist: INTER. Miller.
96.3 Topics in Modern Japanese History
10W: Arr. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Ericson.
96.1 Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa
10S: 3A. Dist: SOC; WCult: NW. Major Dist: AALAC. Haynes.
96.2 Emerson’s America
10S: 10A. Major Dist: US & CAN. Butler.
96.3 Topics in British History
10S: 2A. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Estabrook.
96.4 World War II
10S: 10A. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: EUR. Whelan.
INDEPENDENT STUDY AND HONORS
97. Independent Study
All terms: Arrange
This course offers an opportunity for a student to pursue some subject of special interest under the direction of a member of the Department through a specially designed program of readings and reports.
Open to qualified students with written permission of the instructor and the Chair.
09F, 10F: D.F.S.P. Independent Field Project
In consultation with members of the Dartmouth faculty, each student will design and carry out an independent project which makes use of London’s unique research opportunities. The project may relate to any aspect of British, European, and World History.
Prerequisite: membership in the Foreign Study Program. Butler.
98. Honors Seminar
09F, 10F: 3A
The focus of the seminar is historiographic and great emphasis will be placed on the skills needed to write a research thesis in History. This course does not fulfill the seminar requirement of the Major and it may be taken only once. Darrow.
99. Thesis
10W, 10S, 11W, 11S: Arrange
This course involves an extensive investigation of some topic and submission of a bound undergraduate thesis by the designated deadline. Only students enrolled in the Honors Program may take History 99; permission of the instructor and the Chair.