This course describes and analyzes the causes, character, and consequences of America's greatest crisis. The time period is from the sectional crisis of the late antebellum period of the 1840s to the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The class will examine the roots of sectional conflict, the course, conduct and consequences of war, and the efforts to reconstruct the nation.
The course traces the evolution of American involvement that culminated in a major land war in Asia, examines American and Vietnamese goals in Vietnam, analyzes the divisive impact of the war upon American politics and society, and assesses the consequences and lessons of the Vietnam War upon the American body politic. HA
This course covers the social, political, and cultural history of 1960s America. The course examines the political consensus of the 1950s and its breakdown in the 1960s. It also examines the various cultural and social movements of the decade and concludes by analyzing the resurgence of conservatism in the early 1970s. HA
This course analyzes the political developments in Europe since World War II. After examining the Cold War, focus shifts to the process of political and economic integration that has created the European Union. Examples are drawn from the leading nation-states on the European continent with a focus of Great Britain. HA
Modern European civilization in its transformation from religious to more secular and material perpspectives: the birth of political absolutism and constitutionalism; the rise of science and the age of Enlightenment; the first great secular political revolution of modern times, the French Revolution. HA
The history of Europe from the French Revolution to World War I (1789-1914), focusing on the role of ideas in the social and political changes of time, including the rise of industry; the spread of democracy; the development of liberalism, nationalism, socialism, Marxism, imperialism, and national competition leading to war. HA
A survey of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments in U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. HA
A survey of Latin American history from Pre-Comlumbian civilizations to the present. The course emphasizes the complex agency of Latin American peoples in their cultural, social, political, and economic interactions. HA
We begin our study with some context: the significant developments that established the social, political, economic, philosophical and religious foundations in which the Jesus movement entered. Combining the evidence from archeological discoveries with advances in scholarship made over the last two centuries in our historical and textual understanding of Christianitys origins, we gain a clearer understanding of the ancient struggle between roman Power and the Jewish peoples passionate belief in a just God.
Same as 217 without the travel and study abroad. HA