This course examines American life in the 1920s and 1930s. We will focus on the dramatic social, cultural, economic, and technological changes experienced by the generations that came of age in these decades, as well as the origins and legacies of the New Deal, the collection of government programs under such intense political debate today.

Colonial American preconditions, origins of the Revolution, controversies leading to independence, the role of individuals, war period, structuring new governments and society, problems of the nation to 1789. Social, political, intellectual issues, and new interpretations stressed. Previous American history survey course desirable.

This course traces the history of Mexican society, politics, and culture from the late 18th century to the present. The first half analyzes the turbulent formation of Mexico, the legacies of Spanish colonialism, peasant uprisings of the 19th century, and the origins and course of the famous Revolution of 1910.

This honors course examines the social organization and cultural construction of gender and sexuality. We will look at how women and men experienced the dramatic changes that have affected Europe since 1789 and consider how much these developments were themselves influenced by ideas about masculinity and femininity.

The personalities, events, and forces that shaped China during the last century: collapse of the imperial order; warlordism, foreign invasion; political and cultural revolutions; Mao and the Chinese Communist Party; the struggle to "modernize" China's economy, society, and culture; role of China in today's world.

Survey of Russian history from the 9th to the 20th century. Development of absolute, centralized monarchy; Russia's cultural and political interaction with its neighbors, including the Byzantine Empire, the Tartars, Poland, and western Europe.

European history from 3rd to 11th century. Disintegration of Roman Empire, Germanic invasions, rise of Christianity, origin and expansion of Islam, age of Charlemagne, Vikings, feudalism, and manorialism.

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This course explores the history of the Ancient Near East and Egypt from the development of agriculture and settled society (c. 9000 BCE) to the rise of the Achaemenid Persian empire (c. 500 BCE). The societies that developed along the Nile and in the so-called Fertile Crescent gave rise to some of the world?s earliest cities, invented writing systems for bureaucracy, business, and literature, and created religions and principles of law with far-reaching influence.