HIST 100H.
Historical Writing
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: Two courses from the following: History 2AH, 2BH, 2CH, 4AH, 4BH, 4CH, 6, 7H, 8H, 17AH, 17Band 17CH, 49AH, or 49BH.
An intermediate level honors seminar in which students read and critique major primary and secondary works from a variety of periods and regions.
HIST 101.
Historical Fiction
(4)
STAFF
Examines the relationship between history and fiction through a close reading of a number of historical novels (such as those of Herman Wouk) and viewing a number of historical dramas (such as Amistad or Gandhi).
HIST 101G.
Comparative Histories of Same-Sex Practices and Gender Variance
(4)
LANSING/MIESCHER
Exploration of same-sex behavior in ancient Greek, pre-modern Oceania, medieval Europe, modern Africa, and North America. Introduction to the theoretical questions in the study of sexuality and how scholars have used these tools.
HIST 102AAZZ.
Special Topics
(4)
STAFF
Topics may vary per instructor.
HIST 102AC.
Special Topics
HIST 102AD.
Special Topics
HIST 102C.
Special Topics
HIST 102HO.
Special Topics
HIST 102LK.
Special Topics
HIST 102MC.
Special Topics
HIST 102MM.
Special Topics
HIST 102N.
Special Topics
HIST 102NA.
Special Topics
HIST 102SY.
Special Topics
HIST 102WA.
Special Topics
HIST 102WR.
Special Topics
HIST 102YA.
Special Topics
HIST 102YB.
Special Topics
HIST 103S.
History of Surfing
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
The history of surfing from its Polynesian origins to today's global, commercial, and cultural force, with perspectives from history of politics; economics; science and technology; the developing world; sex, ethnicity, gender; popular culture; and special focus on the environment.
HIST 104DR.
Directed Readings in the History of Psychoanalysis—Intellectual and Social Approaches
(4)
PLANE
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or 120 or 123B or 133B or 141B
The history of psychoanalysis, beginning with Sigmund Freud’s work; includes offshoots of the Freudian school; frames psychoanalysis as a movement with political and social implications. A 10-20 page paper, including literature review and original sources, is required
HIST 105A.
The Atomic Age
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or upper-division standing.
The history of military uses of nuclear energy and the attendant problems. Topics included: Manhattan project, decision to use the bomb, legislation, AEC, arms race, testing, fallout, civil defense, disarmament efforts, foreign programs, espionage.
HIST 105B.
The Space Age
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: History 4C or History 17C or upper division standing.
Course examines history of spaceflight and space exploration in the twentieth century with emphasis on US experience. Considers social, political, and technological aspects of the Space Age with especial consideration to the Cold War era.
HIST 105CW.
Science and Technology in the Cold War
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or 17C or upper division standing
Examines history of science and technology during the Cold War, with primary focus on the United States. Topics examined include: science/state relationship, arms race, the military-industrial-academic complex, Big Science, government secrecy, McCarthyism, the space race, environmentalism.
HIST 105P.
Proseminar in Atomic Age Problems
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Seminar, with research paper, on relationship between science and technology and society. Topics, one each course, will include Hiroshima and Nagasaki, arms race, arms control, science and social responsibility, politics of science, scientific advice to government, civilian uses of nuclear energy.
HIST 105Q.
Readings on the Atomic Age
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Reading seminar on relationships between science, technology, and society. Topics include: Hiroshima and Nagasaki; arms race; arms control; science and social responsibility; politics of science; scientific advice to government; civilian uses of military.
HIST 106A.
The Origins of Western Science, Antiquity to 1500
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment or completion of one of the following: History 4A or 4B; Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; Philosophy 1 or 3; or upper-divisionstanding.
Examines the emergence and development of science through an examination of ancient cosmology, medicine, natural history, philosophy, and environmental ideas.
HIST 106B.
The Scientific Revolution, 1500 to 1800
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
The history of Science in the West from Copernicus to Lavoisier: the transition from medieval, theocentric views of human nature and its operation to secular and mechanistic views in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the transition from natural philosophy to science. The role of science in Westen culture.
HIST 106C.
History of Modern Science
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4A or 4B or upper-division standing.
Science in the late 19th and 20th century with emphasis on the physical sciences. Topics include: end of classical physics; x-rays and radioactivity; quantum revolution; astronomy and cosmology; nuclear physics; the integration of scientists into the national security state.
HIST 106D.
U.S. Science Policy
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 17C or 105 or upper-division standing.
From the time governments first funded scientific project they had, consciously or not, a science policy. What were the reasons for these expenditures? Topics covered range from the Lewis and Clark expedition to contemporary medical, environmental, space, and defense research.
HIST 106P.
Proseminar in Science, Technology, and Medicine
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 106A or 106B or 106C or 105 or 108 or 109 or 110 or upper division standing.
Proseminar on a diverse range of topics in science, technology, and medicine. Topics vary.
HIST 107B.
History of the Biological Sciences: Circa 1600 to 1800
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4B.
Harvey and the circulation of blood, Descartes on animals, microscopy, natural history, botany, morphology, animism, vitalism, to Buffon on cosmogony and cosmology.
HIST 107C.
The Darwinian Revolution and Modern Biology
(4)
OSBORNE
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment or completion of one of the following: History 4B or or 17B or 17C; Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; Philosophy 1 or 3; or uppdivision standing.
Examines the social and scientific impacts of evolutionary ideas from around 1800 through Charles Darwin, the modern evolutionary synthesis, the birth of ecology, and molecular biology. Focus is on America and Western Europe.
HIST 107E.
History of Animal Use in Science
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Examines history of scientific uses of animals from antiquity to the present. Topics include vivisection, field trials, and the development of drugs and vaccines. Changing ethical ideas about animals, including the relationship between animal rights and environmental ethics, is also considerd.
HIST 107G.
History of Global Environmental Problems
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 1, or one course from History 4A-B-C, 106A-B-C, 107A-B-C.
Survey of global environmental problems from antiquity to the present. Topics include demography, agriculture, climate change, disease, and storage of toxic waste.
HIST 107P.
Proseminar on Darwinism and Its Social Implications
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Evolution, natural selection, religion, teleology, social darwinism, using the writings of Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, and William Graham Sumner.
HIST 107R.
History of Ecological Restoration
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
An examination through case studies of ecological restoration from a historical perspective featuring the intersection between the historian and the restoration process. Consideration of the definition of natural and cultural resources and historical artifacts.
HIST 108.
Science, Technology and Contemporary Culture
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: A previous course in history.
In-depth examination of contemporary issues in science and technology in their historical contexts. Topics include: biotechnology and the Human Genome Project; weapons of mass destruction; nanotechnology; national science policy; evolution, science, and religion.
HIST 108O.
History of the Oceans
(4)
ALAGONA
Prerequisite: Upper division standing
Explores how people have experienced, understood, transformed, and attempted to conserve the world’s oceans throughout human history. Interdisciplinary approach includes aspects of science, technology, politics, law, culture, and material biophysical relationships.
HIST 108W.
Wildlife in America
(4)
ALAGONA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Explores the turbulent, contested, and colorful history of human interactions with wild animals in North America from the Pleistocene to the present. Readings will explore historical changes in science, politics, law, management, and cultural ideas about nature.
HIST 109.
Science and Technology in America
(4)
MCCRAY
Prerequisite: History 4C or 17C or upper division standing.
Science and technology in American intellectual, cultural, religious, and political life with focus on 19th/20th centuries. Examples include rise of scientific enterprise and infrastructure; technology and America's economic growth; American research styles; science and the military; space program; environmentalism; biotechnology.
HIST 110.
History of Public Health
(4)
SOTO LAVEAGA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Course themes include the development of medicine and health care, women and the medical profession, alternate medical systems, and current crises in medical policy. Case studies from Europe, the Americas, India, and Africa will be analyzed.
HIST 110D.
Diseases in History
(4)
SOTO LAVEAGA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Role of infectious diseases in human history from prehistory to the present. Emphasis on the interaction between diseases and culture, and the assessment of historical accounts of diseases. Alternate medical systems and their approaches to diseases will also be explored.
HIST 110PP.
Proseminar on History of Medicine and Public Health
(4)
STAFF
Research seminar on the history of health, disease, and healing.
HIST 110Q.
Seminar in Medical History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 110 (may be taken concurrently).
Topics in Asian, African, European, and American medical systems focusing on their historical evolution in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIST 111A.
History of Greece
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
Early Greece, 3000-750 B.C.
HIST 111B.
History of Greece
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
Archaic and Classical Greece, 750-323 B.C.
HIST 111C.
History of Greece
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
The Hellenistic Word, 323-31 B.C.
HIST 111DR.
Directed Readings in Greek History
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 111A or 111B or 111C or 111E.
Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic or problem in ancient Greek history and/or the history of ancient warfare. The course will culminate with a 10-20 page research paper. Topics will differ from year to year.
HIST 111E.
The Eastern Greek World, 750-330BCE
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
History of the eastern Aegean and western Anatolia from the rise of the Greek polis to the conquests of Alexander. Topics include Greek colonization, Anatolian state formation, interaction between Greeks and non-Greeks, changes in warfare, and the effects of empire.
HIST 111F.
Achaemenid Persia, 559-330BCE
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A
History of the Persian Empire from its formation under Cyrus II of Anshan (r. 559-530 BCE) to the conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BCE).
HIST 111P.
Proseminar in Greek History
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: History 111A or 111B or 111C or 111DR or 111E or 111F or 111Q.
Research seminar in Greek history. A research paper is required.
HIST 111Q.
Readings in Greek History
(4)
LEE
Prerequisite: 2A or 4A or upper division standing.
Undergraduate reading seminar on ancient Greek history. Topics may vary from quarter to quarter.
HIST 112A.
Roman Imperialism
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Examines the topic of imperialism under the Roman Republic by examining the circumstances and motivations that encouraged Rome to become an imperial power. The justifications for Roman imperialism and some of its consequences are explored.
HIST 112B.
The Roman Revolution
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Examines the topic of regime change in the Roman Empire by exploring what led to the collapse of Republican institutions, why Romans turned to one-person rule and whether their new institutions resolved the problems of the past.
HIST 112C.
Disaster and Reform in Rome
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
Explores the topic of the Roman Empire’s response to crisis by exploring the extent to which the more autocratic form of late imperial government was a response to the invasions, persecutions and civil wars of the third century.
HIST 112D.
The Roman World in Late Antiquity
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A or upper-division standing.
A survey of the process by which the late Roman Empire divided into three chief cultural, religious, and political entities (Byzantine, Germanic, and Islamic) between the fifth and eighth centuries.
HIST 112DR.
Directed Reading and Research in Ancient History
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 112A or 112B or 112C or 112D or 113A or 113B or 113C or 113Q.
Focuses on exploring and researching key themes or historical problems in ancient history. The course culminates with a 10-20 page research paper. Topics differ from year to year.
HIST 112P.
Proseminar in Roman History
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 113A or 113B or 113C or History 112A or 112B or 112C or 112D.
Students produce a research paper on a topic of their choice in the history of either the republic or empire. From time to time, a seminar might be devoted to aspects of a particular topic.
HIST 113P.
Proseminar in Roman History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 113A or 133B or 113C.
Students produce a research paper on a topic of their choice in the history of either the republic or empire. From time to time, a seminar might be devoted to aspects of a particular topic.
HIST 114A.
History of Christianity: Beginning to 800
(4)
DIGESER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
The history of Christian communities and doctrines from the first through the eighth centuries. Special emphasis on Christians' evolving relationships with Pagan and Jewish communities throughout the Mediterranean world.
HIST 114B.
History of Christianity
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Any two quarters of History 4A-B-C. Upper-division students only.
800 to 1300.
HIST 114C.
History of Christianity
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Any two quarters of History 4A-B-C.
1300 to 1648.
HIST 114D.
History of Christianity
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Any two quarters of History 4A-B-C.
1648 to present.
HIST 115.
The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe, 300 to 1050
(4)
FARMER
Prerequisite: History 2A or 4A.
The political, economic, and cultural evolution of Europe from the time of Constantine to the mid-eleventh century.
HIST 115P.
Proseminar in Medieval History
(4)
LANSING
Seminar which trains students in the methods of historical research. A research paper is written on a topic within the general area of medieval European history.
HIST 115X.
Medieval Scandals
(4)
LANSING
Explores medieval European politics and culture through a look at notorious scandals: Pope Joan, Heloise and Abelard, the persecution of the Templars, and the Fourth Crusade.
HIST 116.
The Civilization of the High Middle Ages, 1050 to 1350
(4)
LANSING
Prerequisite: History 4B.
European civilization during the high Middle Ages. The struggle between church and state, the rise of feudal monarchies, the revival of commerce, and the flowering of medieval culture.
HIST 117A.
Towns, Trade, and Urban Culture in the Middle Ages
(4)
FARMER
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
The social and cultural history of medieval towns from the sixth through the sixteenth century: Roman survivals; dark age "commerce"; transition from "gift" to money economy; social unrest; the emergence of urban classesand urban culture.
HIST 117C.
Women, The Family, and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
(4)
FARMER
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Family structure; perceptions and ideals of intimate and familial relations; status, perceptions, and experiences of women in Western Europe c. 400-1400 A.D. Special attention on social, political, and religious contexts.
HIST 117DR.
Directed Readings in Medieval History
(4)
FARMER, LANSING, BLUMENTHAL
Prerequisite: history 4B or 115X or 116 or 117A or 117C or 118A or 118B or 119
Through readings and discussion students explore a topic or problem in medieval social history. The course culminates with a 10-20 page research paper. Specific topics differ from year to year.
HIST 117E.
Society and Nature in the Middle Ages
(4)
FARMER
Prerequisite: History 2B or 4B.
Human-environmental interaction from the fall of Rome to environmental and epidemiological disasters of the fourteenth century. Topics include agricultural impact on the environment, introduction of new animal species to northern Europe, and selective breeding of livestock and plant life.
HIST 117P.
Proseminar on Medieval Social History
(4)
FARMER
Prerequisite: History 115 or 116 or 117A or 117C.
Undergraduate research seminar on selected topics in medieval social history.
HIST 117Q.
History of the Cult of the Virgin Mary
(4)
FARMER
This reading/discussion course covers Christian beliefs about the Virgin Mary from the first century CE to the present. Readings include canonical and apocryphal gospels, church fathers, medieval mystics, and accounts of early modern and modern apparations of the Virgin.
HIST 118A.
The Crusades in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
(4)
BLUMENTHAL
Prerequisite: History 2B or 4B.
Through the analysis of Latin Christian, Byzantine, Jewish, and Muslim sources, this course considers the development of the concept of the crusades and the progress of the crusading movement from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
HIST 118B.
Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain: Conquest, Colonization, and Coexistence
(4)
BLUMENTHAL
Prerequisite: History 2B or 4B.
Assesses the more than seven centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence (convivencia) in the Iberian peninsula, examing intercultural and interfaith relations from the time of the Visigoths (fifth century) to the expulsion of the Moriscos (Muslim converts to Christianity) in 1609.
HIST 119.
The Crusades and the Near East, 1095-1291
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 4A and 4B, or upper-divison standing.
Survey of the crusades from their origins to the fall of Acre in 1291; ideology of the crusading movement; history and institutions of the crusader states in the near east; Muslim responses, ideological and political, to the crusader presence.
HIST 119Q.
Topics in the History of the Crusades
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topics on the period of the crusades. These vary from year to year: e.g., the idea of holy war and Jihad, the development of Mediterranean commerce; cultural contact between Islam and Christendom. Term paper required.
HIST 121A.
Renaissance Italy, 1300-1550
(4)
BERNSTEIN
The cultural, political, social, and gender history of the Italian city republics and court societies. Examination of how contemporaries viewed their own society, in an attempt to answer the intriguing question of what was the Italian renaissance.
HIST 121B.
Late Medieval and Renasissance Europe, 1348-1550
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
The history of northern Europe from the black death through the 1550. Topics include: social disorders, warfare, intellectual and religious culture, changes in northern Europe prompted by spreading Renaissance ideas, explorations of the "new world," and religious dispute.
HIST 121C.
History of France, 1500-1700
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Politics, religion, and society in France from the reign of Francis I to Louis XIV. Special emphasis on religious disputes and questions of power.
HIST 121D.
Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Europe
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper division standing
Examines the varying judicial systems of early modern Europe and looks at how crime and criminals were defined and treated in a social, religious, and political context. Topics will also include beggars, violence, heretics, and witches.
HIST 121DR.
Directed Readings in Renaissance Europe
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 121A or 121B or 121C or 121D or 121M or 121Q or 140A or 114C or 122 or 129A.
May be repeated up to 8 units. Specific topics will differ from year to year. Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic in the history of Renaissance Europe, 1350-1650. The course will culminate with a 10-15 page research paper.
HIST 121M.
Renaissance Monarchy in Thought and Practice
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 4B or 121B.
Seminar in the theories and practices of Renaissance monarchy. Topics include: contemporary discussions of the powers and limitations of kingship; warfare and foreign affairs; royal court and the role of pageantry; female rulers; civil war and rebellion.
HIST 121P.
Proseminar in Renaissance Europe
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 121A or 121B or 121C or 121D or 140A or 114C or 122.
A seminar on Renaissance Europe, 1300-1600. Students develop research skills and use them to complete a research topic in Renaissance history.
HIST 121Q.
Cultures of Renaissance Europe, 1450-1650
(4)
BERNSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 4B or 121A or 121B.
Through original texts and historical commentary, seminar explores individual lived experiences, as manifested through issues of popular and elite cultures, witchcraft, gender relations, nobility, and law.
HIST 122.
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
(4)
TUTINO
Prerequisite: History 2B or 4B or Rg St 80B
The Reformation and the Counter-Reformation in Europe. Through a close analysis of selected primary sources, students will gain a deeper knowledge of the theological, political and cultural impact of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in a transnational perspective.
HIST 122P.
Proseminar in Reformation Europe
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 122A or 122B.
Seminar on the political, economic, social and cultural evolution of Europe, 1500-1648. A research paper will be required .
HIST 123A.
Europe in the Nineteenth Century
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4C.
European history from the fall of Napolean to the end of the nineteenth century.
HIST 123B.
Europe in War and Revolution
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4C.
European history from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of World War II.
HIST 123C.
Europe Since Hitler
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
European history from the end of World War II to the present.
HIST 123P.
Proseminar in the History of Europe, 1815-Present
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 123A or 123B or 123C.
Research seminar in the history of Europe from 1815 to the present.
HIST 123Q.
Topics in Twentieth-Century Europe
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 123B or 123C or 123F.
Topics in twentieth-century European history. Format varies according to topic.
HIST 124A.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe, 1750-1914
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 4C.
The roles of women, gender, and sexuality in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. Exploration of the nature of women and revolution: religious, legal, scientific, and popular conceptions of gender and sexuality; industrialization and family life, the rise of organized feminism.
HIST 124B.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe, 1914-Present
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 4C.
The relationship between war, revolution, fascism, socialism, feminism, and consumerism and the history of the family, gender, and sexual identities in the twentieth century.
HIST 124WP.
Proseminar in European Women's History
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 124A, 124B, 4C.
Research seminar on topics related t the history of women, gender, and sexuality in modern European history.
HIST 129A.
Europe in the Seventeenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the seventeenth century: 1610-1648.
HIST 129B.
Europe in the Seventeenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the seventeenth century: 1648-1685.
HIST 129C.
Europe in the Seventeenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the seventeenth century: 1685-1715.
HIST 129D.
Europe in the Eighteenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4C or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the eighteenth century. 1715 to 1763.
HIST 129E.
Europe in the Eighteenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4C or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the eighteenth century. 1763 to 1789.
HIST 129F.
Europe in the Eighteenth Century
(4)
SONNINO
Prerequisite: History 4C or upper-division standing.
Economic, social, political, and intellectual history of the eighteenth century. 1789 to 1815.
HIST 132.
War and Society Since 1789
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Topics in war, the state and society since 1789. Origins and consequences of wars, and the political, social, and economic aspects of both land and sea warfare.
HIST 132W.
War in History
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 2* or 4* or 7 or 8 or 17* or 46 or 49* or 80 or 87 or 88.
A survey of Western and non-Western war in practice and theory, on land and at sea, from ancient times to the present.
HIST 133A.
Nineteenth Century Germany
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Survey of the history of the German states from the French revolution through the stages of industrialization and national unification to World War I. Focus on the development and specific nature of German society and political culture.
HIST 133B.
Twentieth Century Germany, Part I
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
Examination of German history from the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II. Topics include Germany's role in the first world war, the German revolution of 1918-19, the Weimar Republic, and the national-socialist state and its aims in World War II and the Holocaust.
HIST 133C.
Twentieth Century Germany, Part II
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
After examining developments during the last years of World War II, this course traces the histories of East and West Germany from 1945 to unification in 1989.
HIST 133D.
The Holocaust in European History
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C.
The Nazi campaign of racial purification through eugenics and mass murder can be considered one of the watershed events of western civilization. This course examines the historical, social, political, and economic factors which combined to result in the Holocaust, as well as some of the consequences of that event for European and world history.
HIST 133DR.
Directed Readings on the History of the Holocaust
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 33D or 133A or 133B or 133C; or History 133D (may be taken concurrently).
Each offering focuses on a specific subtheme, such as memoirs, concentration camps, education, or film. While reading up to one book per week, students write a 10-20 page review of the literature on a selected topic.
HIST 133P.
Proseminar in German History
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 133A or 133B or 133C or 133D.
Students learn research skills and use them to explore topics in twentieth-century German history.
HIST 133Q.
Readings on the Holocaust
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 33D or 133B or 133C or 133D (may be taken concurrently).
Exploration of selected topics pertaining to the Holocaust through memoirs, historiography, and works of fiction. The course is structured as a dialog between students and the instructor based on written analyses of the literature.
HIST 135B.
History of Russia
(4)
HASEGAWA
Prerequisite: History 4B or 4C or upper-division standing.
1800-1917. A survey of Russian history from the reign of Alexander I to theRussian revolution.
HIST 135C.
History of Russia
(4)
HASEGAWA
Prerequisite: History 4B or 4C or upper-division standing.
1917-present. A history of the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to its collapse, focusing on political and social history.
HIST 135DR.
Directed Readings in the History of Russia and the Soviet Union
(4)
HASEGAWA, EDGAR
Prerequisite: History 135B or 135C
Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic or problem in the History of Russia and the Soviet Union. The course will culminate with a 10-20 page research paper. May be repeated up to 8 units. Specific topics will differ from year to year.
HIST 135P.
Proseminar in Modern Russian/Soviet History
(4)
MARCUSE
Prerequisite: History 135B or 135C.
Research seminar in modern Russian and Soviet history.
HIST 137A.
The Origins of Contemporary France
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or upper-division standing.
Transformation of a tradition-bound rural society into a leading industrialpower, 1815 to World War I.
HIST 137B.
The Origins of Contemporary France
(4)
TALBOTT
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or upper-division standing.
Transformation of a tradition-bound rural society into a leading industrialpower, World War I to the present.
HIST 140A.
Early Modern Britain
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 4A or 4B or upper division standing.
A history of England from the late middle ages to the eighteenth century.
HIST 140B.
Early Modern Britain
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 4A or 4B or upper division standing.
A history of England from the late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
HIST 140C.
Eighteenth-Century Britain
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4B or 4C.
British history (including Scotland, Ireland, and Wales) from the glorious revolution to the Reform Act (1689-1832). Topics include the enlightenment, the industrial revolution, the growth (and partial loss) of empire, and the development of British identity.
HIST 140IB.
The History of Modern Ireland
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: Sophomore or junior or senior standing.
Ireland from the earliest times to the present.
HIST 140IP.
Proseminar in the History of Modern Ireland
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: History 140IA or 140IB.
Proseminar in the history of Ireland from 1500 to the present.
HIST 140IQ.
Ireland: Earliest Times to 1750
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper division standing
The history of Ireland from its earliest times until the eighteenth-century "Protestant Ascendancy." It begins with a prehistoric saga (the Tain) and includes examinations of the twelfth-century "Norman invasion" and the early modern Tudor, Cromwellian, and Williamite conquests.
HIST 140P.
Proseminar in Early Modern British History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4B or 140A and 140B.
A writing seminar in which emphasis is placed upon the use of primary sources.
HIST 140Q.
Readings in Early Modern British History
(4)
MCGEE
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Exploration of selected topics in early modern British history through readings and discussion.
HIST 141A.
Nineteenth-Century Britain
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 4C or History 140A, 140B, or 140C.
The rise of Britain as an industrial, urban, and imperial nation. Topics include the nature of industrialization, urbanization, and class formation,the role of gender and race in cultural society, the arts, and the construction of Victorian identities.
HIST 141B.
Twentieth-Century Britain
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 4C, History 140A, 140B, 140C, or History 141A.
Culture, society, and politics in Britain since 1914. Topics include the impact of war on society, the economy and empire; the welfare state and changing roles of women, consumer and youth cultures; the new left and new right.
HIST 141DR.
Directed Readings in Modern British History
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 141A or 141B or 141P.
May be repeated up to 8 units. Specific topics will differ from year to year. Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic or problem in the History of Great Britain and its Empire from the 1700s to the Present. The course will culminate with a 10-20 page research paper.
HIST 141P.
Proseminar in Modern British History
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 141A, 141B.
Research in modern British social, cultural, economic, and political history.
HIST 141Q.
Readings in Modern British History
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 4C.
Exploration of selected topics pertaining to modern British history throughmemoirs, historiography, and works of fiction. The course is structured as a dialog between students and the instructor based on written analyses of the literature.
HIST 142.
History of North Africa
(4)
GALLAGHER
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
Survey of the history of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Themes include the imposition of colonial rule, revolutionary struggles, and postindependence development.
HIST 145A.
The Islamic World, I: The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 600-1000 A.D.
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 46 or MES 45 or upper-division standing.
The rise of a world religion and the emergence of a new multi-ethnic society under its aegis; the evolution of social and political institutionswithin the Universal caliphate; the creation of a specifically Islmaic culture and intellectual life.
HIST 145B.
The Islamic World, II: Expansion and Consolidation, 1000-1700
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 46 or MES 45 or upper-division standing.
The failure of the Caliphate and the search for a new political order; Turkish military and political domination; the structures of urban society;the rebirth of Persian literature; the classical formulations of Islamic religious thought.
HIST 145D.
War and Diplomacy in the Middle East: 1876-Present
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 4C or MES 45 or upper-division standing.
Selected problems in the relations of Middle Eastern states within the region and with external powers. The problems studied will vary from year to year. Sample topics: World War I settlement, Mossadegh era in Iran, Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1982).
HIST 145DR.
Directed Readings in Islamic and Middle Eastern History
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 46 or 145A or 145B or 145D or 145Q or 146
Through readings and discussion, students will explore a broad problem or topic in the history of the Middle East and the Islamic world. The course will culminate with a 12-20 page research paper or historiographical review essay.
HIST 145P.
Proseminar in the History of Islamic Studies
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: History 46 or 145A or 145B or 145D or 146A or 146B.
A weekly seminar on a topic in the history of the Islamic world, from 600 A.D. to modern times. A research paper is required.
HIST 145Q.
Tradition and Modernity in Islamic Political Thought
(4)
HUMPHREYS
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
The emergence of an Islamic tradition of political thought in medieval times, and the reshaping of this tradition to meet the demands of modernity. Key problems: the purposes of government, autocracy versus popular participation, the nature of legitimacy.
HIST 146.
History of the Modern Middle East
(4)
GALLAGHER
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
Course themes include the western impact, forms of resistance, and political, social, economic, and religious dimensions of current crises in Turkey, Iran, and the Arab world. 1750 to the present.
HIST 146DR.
Directed Readings in the History of the Modern Middle East
(4)
GALLAGHER
Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic or problem in the History of the Modern Middle East. The course will culminate with a 10-20 page research paper. Specific topics will differ from year to year.
HIST 146P.
Proseminar in the History of the Modern Middle East
(4)
GALLAGHER
Prerequisite: History 45 or 46 or 145A or 145B or 145D or 146 or 146A or 146B or 146T or 146W or MES 45.
A weekly seminar on a topic in modern middle east history. A research paper is required.
HIST 146PW.
Proseminar on Women and Gender in Middle Eastern History
(4)
GALLAGHER
Prerequisite: History 45 or 46 or 145A or 145B or 146 or 146A or 146B or 146W or MES 45.
A weekly seminar focusing on women in Middle Eastern history. A research paper is required.
HIST 146T.
History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(4)
GALLAGHER
Prerequisite: History 46 or upper-division standing.
History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the mid-nineteenth centuryto the present. Course themes include evolution of Zionism, Palestine before World War I, and the British mandate, World War II, the Arab- Israeli wars, rise of Palestinian nationalism, and Israeli and Palestinian societies today.
HIST 147A.
Modern African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
A historical survey of sub-Saharan Africa since 1800 themes include: pre-colonial states and society, Africa and the world economy, colonialism,labor and migration, gender, missionary activities, constructions of ethnicities and custom, resistance and nationalism, popular culture, post- colonial crisis and struggles.
HIST 147B.
Modern African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
A historical survey of sub-Saharan Africa since 1800 themes include: pre-colonial states and society, Africa and the world economy, colonialism,labor and migration, gender, missionary activities, constructions of ethnicities and custom, resistance and nationalism, popular culture, post- colonial crisis and struggles.
HIST 147C.
African Lives: (Auto)Biographies of African Men and Women
(4)
MIESCHER,
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
An introduction to modern African history through reading (auto)biographies of African men and women with different socioeconomic backgrounds. Explores how African lives have been represented in these texts, what we can learn from them about Africa's past.
HIST 147DR.
Directed Readings in African History
(4)
MIESCHER, CHIKOWERO
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B or upper division standing.
Through readings and discussion students explore a topic and problem in African history. The course culminates with a 10-20 page research paper. Topics differ from year to year.
HIST 147G.
Gender and Power in Modern African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B or 147Q or Women's Studies 147Q or upper-division standing.
Examination of gender, power, an authority among and between men and women in response to socioeconomic transformations in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. Themes include interpretations of gender, organization of labor, the missionary project, the state, and colonial rule.
HIST 147PP.
Proseminar in Modern African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B or upper-division standing.
A seminar on a topic in modern African history. A research paper is required.
HIST 147Q.
Readings on African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or 147A or 147B.
A discussion and reading seminar on selected topics in African history.
HIST 148AU.
African Urban History: From the Ancient City State to the Contemporary Metropolis
(4)
CHIKOWERO
Prerequisite: A prior course in history.
The changing meaning of African urbanity from historical case studies and more contemporary cityscapes through particular themes, such as statecraft, ideology, production, political economies of wealth and poverty, cultural performativity, politics and hegemony, labor migrancy and the rural-urban nexus.
HIST 148SA.
History of Southern Africa
(4)
CHIKOWERO
Prerequisite: A prior course in history.
Explores key political and socio-economic themes in Southern African history from the late pre-colonial period through the era of colonialism to independence. It focuses on state and nation building, colonialism and resistance.
HIST 151A.
Latin American History
(4)
CLINE, ROCK, DUTRA, MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A general survey of the social, economic, institutional, and intellectual history of colonial Spanish America (1492-1800), with comparisons to colonial Brazil.
HIST 151B.
Latin American History
(4)
CLINE, ROCK, DUTRA, MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
Nineteenth-century Latin America. Topics include: the independence movements, the consolidation of the new states, and the rise of export-oriented economies.
HIST 151C.
Latin American History
(4)
CLINE, ROCK, DUTRA, MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
C. Twentieth-century Latin America: the export economies, industrialization, the rise of U.S. hegemony; populism and military dictatorship in the postwar period; the Mexican and Cuban revolution; Vargas, Peron, Cardenas, Castro, and Allende.
HIST 151DR.
Directed Readings in the History of Latin America
(4)
ROCK, MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8.
Readings and discussion focus on topics in Latin American history selected by students in consultation with the professor. Students make verbal presentations of their work and complete a research paper of 10-20 pages.
HIST 151E.
Latin American Cultural History
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper division standing.
Latin American cultural history. Topics include visual arts, literature, music, media, popular culture, sports, food, consumerism, colonial era to the present.
HIST 151FQ.
Latin American History through Film
(4)
SOTO LAVEAGA
Prerequisite: History 8 or 151A or 151B or 151C or 154La or 154LB or 156A or 156B or upper division standing
A weekly seminar discussing films relevant to different periods and topics in the history of Latin America combined with selected readings. Written assignments required.
HIST 151G.
Latin America and Globalization
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or History 151C or upper division standing
History of commodity chains, sustainable development, NGOs in modern Latin America.
HIST 151P.
Proseminar in Latin American History
(4)
ROCK, MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A weekly seminar in the history of Latin America. A research paper is required.
HIST 151Q.
Readings in Latin American History
(4)
MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 8.
A weekly reading seminar on special topics in the history of Latin America. Depending on the topic, it may include primary sources and works of fiction. Written assignments required.
HIST 153.
Comparative Seaborne Empires, 1415 to 1700
(4)
DUTRA
Prerequisite: A prior history course or upper-division standing.
Analysis of the similarities and differences between the overseas activities of Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
HIST 153L.
History of Argentina from Spanish Settlement to the Present Day
(4)
ROCK
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A case study in economic underdevelopment and political instability.
HIST 153P.
Special Studies in the History of Overseas Expansion, 1415-1825
(4)
DUTRA
A weekly seminar on overseas expansion (Portugal, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands), 1415-1825. A research paper will be required.
HIST 154DR.
Directed Readings in the History of The Andean Region
(4)
MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 4A or 4B or 4C or 8 or 151A or 151B or 151C or 151FQ or 151I or 151R or 154LA or 154LB or 154Q or LAIS 100 or 101.
Through readings and discussion, students explore a topic or problem in the History of the Andean region. The course culminates with a 10-20 page research paper. Specific topics differ from year to year.
HIST 154LB.
Andean History: The National Period
(4)
MENDEZ
Prerequisite: History 2A or 2B or 2C or 4A or 4B or 4C or 8 or 151A or 151B or 151C or 151FQ or 151I or 151R or 154DR or 154LA or 154Q or LAIS 100 or LAIS 101 or upper-division standing.
The birth of the modern Andean republics; the shaping of national identity; the problem of "race"; Indigensmo; political movements and revolutions from the early nineteenth century to the present.
HIST 155A.
History of Portugal
(4)
DUTRA
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in History or upper-division standing.
A general survey of Portugal from its origins to 1580 with an emphasis on social, economic, and cultural history.
HIST 155B.
History of Portugal
(4)
DUTRA
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in History or upper-division standing.
Modern Portugal, 1580 to the present.
HIST 155E.
Portugal Overseas
(4)
DUTRA
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in History or upper-division standing.
A comparative analysis of Portuguese activity in Africa, Asia, and America, 1415 to 1825.
HIST 155P.
Proseminar in the History of Portugal and Portuguese Expansion
(4)
DUTRA
A weekly seminar on the history of Portugal including topics on its origins to the present and Portuguese expansion in Africa, Asia, and America. A research paper will be required.
HIST 156A.
History of Mexico
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
Socioeconomic history of colonial Mexico with special attention on the indigenous peoples.
HIST 156B.
History of Mexico
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or History 156A or upper-division standing
Post independence Mexico.
HIST 156DR.
Directed Readings in the History of Mexico
(4)
CLINE, SOTO LAVEAGA
Prerequisite: History 8 or 56 or 151B or 151C or 156A or 156B
May be repeated up to 8 units. Specific topics will differ from year to year. Through readings and discussion students will explore a topic or problem in the History of Mexico. The course will culminate with a 10-20 page research paper.
HIST 156I.
Indians of Mexico
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
History of Mexican Indians from 1500 to the present. Focusing on Indians as agents of historical change, colonial and national policies towards them, and their situation in the globalized world.
HIST 156IP.
Proseminar on the Indians of Colonial Mexico
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or 156I.
Undergraduate research seminar on the history of Indians in colonial Mexico.
HIST 156P.
Proseminar in Mexican History
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 156A or 156B.
Undergraduate research seminar on topics in Mexican social and economic history.
HIST 156Q.
Readings in Modern Mexican History
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or 156A or 156B or 156C or 156I or 156IP or 156P.
Exploration of selected topics in modern Mexican history through memoirs, historiography, and works of fiction. The course is structured as a dialog between students and the instructor based on written analysis of the literature.
HIST 157A.
History of Brazil
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in History or upper-division standing.
A general survey of the history of Brazil in two quarters from the discovery of the new world to the formation of the empire. (Offered every other year; alternates with History 155A.)
HIST 157B.
History of Brazil
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in History or upper-division standing.
A general survey of the history of Brazil in two quarters. Modern Brazil. (Offered every other year; alternates with History 155B.)
HIST 157P.
Proseminar in the History of Brazil
(4)
DUTRA
A weekly seminar on the history of Brazil in the colonial and modern periods. A research paper is required.
HIST 158P.
Proseminar in Latin American Christianity
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: History 8 or upper-division standing.
A weekly seminar in the history of Christianity in Latin America. A research paper will be required.
HIST 158R.
Religion in Latin America
(4)
CLINE
Prerequisite: Hist 8 or Hist 156A or 156B or 151A or 151B or 151C or upper division standing.
Introduction to the history, beliefs and institutions of religion in Latin America from 1492 to the present. Religious hybridity, religion as a societal, economic, political and institutional force; religious competition; liberation theology, evangelicalism, secularism.
HIST 159B.
Women in American History
(4)
COHEN
Prerequisite: Any two quarters of History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
Social history of women in America from 1800 to 1900. Changing marriage, reproduction and work patterns, and cultural values about the female role. Attention to racial, class and ethnic differences. Analysis of feminist thought and the several women's movements.
HIST 159C.
Women in Twentieth Century American History
(4)
COHEN
A continuation of History 159A. From 1900 to the present.
HIST 159DR.
Directed Readings in U.S. Women's History
(4)
COHEN
Prerequisite: History 17A-B-C or 159B or 159C
Specifics topics will differ from year to year. Through readings and discussion, students will explore a topic or problem in U.S. Women's History, culminating in a 10-20 page research paper.
HIST 159P.
Proseminar in Women's History
(4)
COHEN
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B or 159C or any Women's Studies course.
Research seminar on the history of women in America.
HIST 159Q.
Special Studies in Women's History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B.
The study of special topics in the history of women in the United States.
HIST 160A.
The American South to 1865
(4)
HARRIS
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
The origins and development of distinctive economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in the ante-bellum South.
HIST 160B.
The American South, 1865 to the Present
(4)
HARRIS
Prerequisite: History 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Change and resistance to change in southern economic, social, political, and cultural life since the Civil War.
HIST 160C.
The Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1930 to the Present
(4)
HARRIS
Prerequisite: Upper Division standing.
Jim Crow segregation in the 1930s, growing Black contention toward equality, 1954 supreme court declaration against Jim Crow, White massive resistance, Black mass protest, showdown in the 1960s, ironic aftermath and political realignment, the long death of Jim Crow.
HIST 160DR.
Directed Readings in the History of the American South
(4)
HARRIS
Prerequisite: History 17A-B or 17A-C or 17B-C or 160A or 160B.
Through readings and discussion students explore a topic or problem in the History of the American South. The course culminates with a 10-20 page research paper. Specific topics differ from year to year.
HIST 160P.
Proseminar in the History of the American South
(4)
HARRIS
Prerequisite: History 160A or 160B.
Research in selected problems in the history of the American South.
HIST 161A.
Colonial and Revolutionary America
(4)
COHEN, PLANE
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
A social and political history of colonial and revolutionary America with emphasis on the interaction of Native Americans, Europeans, and African Americans. The course will combine lectures with discussion of both primaryand secondary sources. From initial settlement to the mid-eighteenth century.
HIST 161B.
Colonial and Revolutionary America
(4)
COHEN, PLANE
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
A social and political history of colonial and revolutionary America with emphasis on the interaction of Native Americans, Europeans, and African Americans. The course will combine lectures with discussion of both primaryand secondary sources. From mid-eighteenth century to 1800.
HIST 161P.
Proseminar in Early American History
(4)
COHEN, PLANE
Prerequisite: History 17A or upper-division standing.
A research seminar on early American history.
HIST 162.
America in the Early Republic
(4)
MAJEWSKI
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or upper-division standing.
History of the United States from 1788-1840, emphasis on the interaction of economics, social, and political trends. Special attention to nationalism, slavery, domestic ideology, and reform movement.
HIST 162P.
Proseminar in American Political History from 1788-1840
(4)
MAJEWSKI
Prerequisite: History 17B or 162A or 162B.
Research seminar in the history of American political culture during the age of Jefferson and Jackson (1788-1840).
HIST 163A.
Women and Public Policy in Twentieth Century America
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B or 159C or a prior course in Women's Studies.
How gender-based cultural attitudes and social roles, collective action, and economic and social change interacted to shape law and public policy with respect to work, family, legal and reproductive rights. From 1900 through approximately 1945.
HIST 163B.
Women and Public Policy in Twentieth Century America
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 159A or 159B or 159C or a prior course in Women's Studies.
How gender-based cultural attitudes and social roles, collective action, and economic and social change interacted to shape law and public policy with respect to work, family, legal and reproductive rights. From World WarII to the present.
HIST 164C.
Civil War and Reconstruction
(4)
MAJEWSKI
Prerequisite: History 17B or upper-division standing.
A history of the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the causes of the Civil War, the outstandingdevelopments of the war itself, and the major consequences of the reconstruction period.
HIST 164CP.
Proseminar in Civil War and Reconstruction
(4)
MAJEWSKI
Prerequisite: History 164C or History 17B.
Research seminar on events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War.
HIST 164DR.
Directed Readings in the History of the U. S. Civil War
(4)
MAJEWSKI
Prerequisite: History 17B.
Through readings, discussions, and papers, students explore questions related to the history of the U. S. Civil War and how the War has been remembered in popular culture. Specific topics differ from year to year.
HIST 164IA.
American Immigration
(4)
SPICKARD
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
U.S. immigration history from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. Examines the forces that brought people from various parts of the globe to the U.S., their experiences in migrating and in subsequent generations, and enduring racial and ethnic hierarchies.
HIST 164IB.
American Immigration
(4)
SPICKARD
Prerequisite: History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
U.S. immigration history from the eighteenth century to the twentieth. Examines the forces that brought people from various parts of the globe to the U.S., their experiences in migrating and in subsequent generations, and enduring racial and ethnic hierarchies.
HIST 164IP.
Proseminar on American Immigration History
(4)
SPICKARD
Prerequisite: History 164I or 164IB or 168C or 168D or 168E or 168F or 168L or 168LA or 168LB or 168R or 169AR of 169BR or 169CR or 169SA or an upper-division course in Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies, or Black Studies.
Research seminar on American immigration history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the evolution of American immigration.
HIST 164PR.
Proseminar of the History of America's Racial Minorities
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Introduction to recent trends on race and ethnicity in U.S. history focusing on methodology and historiography. Examination and evaluation of research strategies and theoretical frameworks of selected historical literature on America's racial minorities and how these processes interface with other historical processes.
HIST 165.
America in the Gilded Age, 1876 to 1900
(4)
FURNER
Prerequisite: History 17B or upper-division standing.
The responses of American people and institutions to the opportunities and problems of industrialization and rapid social change in the late nineteenth century.
HIST 166A.
United States in the Twentieth Century
(4)
KALMAN, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Political, cultural, social, and economic development of the United States from 1900 to the present: A. 1900-1929
HIST 166B.
United States in the Twentieth Century
(4)
KALMAN, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Political, cultural, social, and economic development of the United States from 1900 to the present: B. 1930-1959
HIST 166C.
United States in the Twentieth Century
(4)
KALMAN, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Political, cultural, social, and economic development of the United States from 1900 to the present: C. 1960-present
HIST 166LB.
(4)
KALMAN
Prerequisite: upper-division standing
HIST 166P.
Proseminar in Twentieth-Century United States History
(4)
KALMAN, FURNER
Prerequisite: History 166A and 17C or 166B and 17C or 166C and 17C or 166A and 166B or 166A and 166C or 166B and 166C.
Seminar for students who wish to pursue research projects on aspects of twentieth-century American history.
HIST 167CA.
History of the American Working Class, 1800-1900
(4)
LICHTENSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or sophomore or junior or senior standing.
A survey of the origins an formation of the American working class from thecolonial period to the late nineteenth century. Topics include workers and community, the coming of the industrial order, the 1877 labor strike, and workers and the trade union movement.
HIST 167CB.
History of the American Working Class, 1900-Present
(4)
LICHTENSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 17C or sophomore or junior or senior standing.
A survey of American workers from the turn of the century to the present period. Topics include workers and American socialism, the 1919 steel strike, the rise of the CIO, labor and the cold war, and deindustrialization and workers.
HIST 167CP.
Proseminar in American Working Class History
(4)
LICHTENSTEIN
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
A research and writing seminar in American working class history with emphasis on the twentieth century period. A major research paper will be required on a seminar related topic.
HIST 167E.
Studies in Work, Labor, and Political Economy
(4)
O'CONNOR, LICHTENSTEIN
From an historical and public standpoint. Examines key issues confronting the U.S. working class. These include globalization of production, wage inequality, the fate of the unions, racial and gender identities at work, and the future of the welfare state.
HIST 167Q.
Labor Studies Internship Research Seminar
(4)
STAFF
Readings and assignments assist students in using historical/social science methods to develop a 20-page research paper on some aspect of their internship.
HIST 168A.
History of the Chicanos
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-divisistanding.
The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the social-cultural lifeline of the Mexicans who have lived north of Mexico.
HIST 168B.
History of the Chicanos
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-divisistanding.
The history of the Chicanos, 1821 to the present; traces the social-cultural lifeline of the Mexicans who have lived north of Mexico.
HIST 168C.
Asian American History, 1850-1965
(4)
SPICKARD
History of Asian Americans to 1965. Asian backgrounds to emigration; migrations of various Asian groups; settlement and employment patterns; racial harassment, restriction, and imprisonment; responses to oppression; family, community, and culture in the first, second, and third generations.
HIST 168D.
Asian American History Since 1965
(4)
SPICKARD
Asian backgrounds to emigration; migrations of various Asian groups; settlement and employment; anti-Asian actions; family systems; community organization; education and cultural life; formation of Asian American panethnicity.
HIST 168E.
History of the Chicano Movement
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
An examination of the Chicano movement in the United States from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Topics will include the student movement, the farmworker movement, the Plan de Aztlan, the Raza Unida Party, Chicana feminists, the anti-war movement, and chicano studies.
HIST 168GQ.
Minority Autobiography and U.S. History
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: History 17A or 17B or 17C or Chicana/o Studies 1A or 1B or 1C.
Seminar utilizes autobiographical or life-story texts by U.S. minority writers to better understand the diversity of U.S. history and the racialized ethnic experience.
HIST 168H.
Literature and History in the American Experience
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: History 17A, 17B, 17C or upper-division standing.
Examination of a variety of literary texts, predominantly novels, that provide key insights into the American historical experience. Texts are taken from particular historical periods from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and represent the various regions of the country.
HIST 168I.
Latino Autobiography and History
(4)
GARCIA
Prerequisite: Chicano Studies 1A or 1B or 1C or upper-division standing.
Course examines a diverse number of Latino autobiographical texts that reflect the changing nature of the Latino historical experience. Topics covered included issues of race, class, gender, immigration, labor, politics, religion, and culture.
HIST 168LA.
History of Chicano Workers from the Nineteenth Century to the Early 1930's
(4)
STAFF
History of Chicano workers from the late nineteenth century to the early Great Depression, focusing on immigration, regional labor migrations, class formation, unionization, and work lives. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
HIST 168LB.
History of Chicano Workers from the late 1930's to the Present Era
(4)
STAFF
History of Chicano workers from the late 1930's to the present era, focusing on labor struggles, union organization, civil rights politics, migration and immigration, and work. The history of Chicano workers is examined within the framework of U.S. labor history.
HIST 168LP.
Proseminar on History of Twentieth Century Chicano/a Workers
(4)
STAFF
Studies in selected aspects of Chicano/a workers with an emphasis on social, ecomomic, and political history.
HIST 168M.
Middle Eastern Americans
(4)
SPICKARD
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or History 45 or 46 or 145A or 145B or 145D or 145Por 145Q or 146A or 146B or 146P or 146T or 146PW or 146W.
The history of migration to the United States by Arabs, Persians, and other peoples of the Middle East; the communities they have built; their families, social, cultural, and religious lives; relationships with other Americans; and ongoing links to the Middle East.
HIST 168N.
Interracial Intimacy
(4)
SPICKARD
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.
Historical, sociological, and psychological exploration of several interconnecting phenomena, including interracial and interethnic romance and marriage, and changing identities and social positions of multiracial and multiethnic individuals. Concentrates mainly on the United States, with selected international comparisons.
HIST 168P.
Proseminar in Chicano History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 168A or 168B or Chicano Studies 168A or 168B.
Studies in selected aspects of Chicano history with an emphasis on social and economic history.
HIST 169AR.
African-American History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Black Studies 1 or 5 or History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing
Influence and experience of Africans/African-Americans in United States history. Origins and developments of slavery and racism in British colonies.
HIST 169BR.
African-American History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Any lower-division course in Black Studies or History, or upper-division standing.
Influence/experience of Africans/African Americans in United States History. Nineteenth century expansion of slavery, anti-slavery, civil war, reconstruction and development of segregation.
HIST 169CR.
African-American History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Black Studies 1 or 5 or History 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Influence and experience of Africans/African-Americans in United States history. Twentieth century New South, urban migration and desegregation.
HIST 169M.
History of Afro-American Thought
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 169AR or 169BR or 169CR.
Study of the development of Afro-American thought from the 1860's to the 1960's as reflected in intellectual and popular media.
HIST 169P.
Proseminar in African-American History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 169AR or 169BR or 169CR.
Studies in nineteenth and twentieth century African-American history, with an emphasis on society, culture, and race relations.
HIST 169S.
Slavery and Black Culture in U.S. Literature
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: None.
An examination of novels dealing with historical issues including slavery, racial discrimination, and Black culture in the U.S. Works of Mark Twain, Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Chester Himes, and James Baldwin to be discussed.
HIST 170A.
A History of Social Policy in the United States
(4)
BERGSTROM, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 7 or 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Study of the indentification, formation, and consequences of social policy in the United States over the past 200 years. Policies toward poverty, civil rights, family and population, health, education, crime, religion, and urban development are studied, among others.
HIST 170B.
A History of Social Policy in the United States
(4)
BERGSTROM, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 7 or 17A or 17B or 17C or upper-division standing.
Study of the identification formation, and consequences of social policy inthe U.S. over the past 200 years. Policies toward poverty, civil rights, family and population, health, education, crime, religion, and urban development are studied, among others.
HIST 170P.
Proseminar in United States Social Policy History
(4)
BERGSTROM, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 148A-B or 172A-B or 17B-C.
A research seminar in selected social policy issues of the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States.
HIST 171C.
The United States and the World, 1898-1945
(4)
YAQUB
Prerequisite: A previous history course or upper division standing.
Analysis of developments in foreign affairs in first half of twentieth century. Formation and execution of foreign policy; interaction between foreign and domestic affairs.
HIST 171D.
The United States and the World Since 1945
(4)
YAQUB
Prerequisite: a previous history course or upper division standing.
Analysis of developments in foreign affairs after 1945. Formation and execution of foreign policy; interaction between foreign and domestic affairs.
HIST 171P.
Proseminar in American Diplomacy and Politics
(4)
YAQUB
Focuses on training in historical research methods. It will require an essay on some aspect of American history, most likely in the areas of diplomacy and politics, chosen jointly by the student and the instructor.
HIST 171Q.
Readings and Discussions on Cold War History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 171B.
The theory and practice of American foreign policy toward the Communist bloc during the era of the cold war, or approximately 1945 to 1989. The course revolves around a dialogue between students and instuctor based on written analyses of the literature.
HIST 171YQ.
Topics in Twentieth-Century International History
(4)
YAQUB
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or 8 or 17C or 46 or 49B.
Topics in twentieth century international history. Format varies according to topic.
HIST 172A.
Politics and Public Policy in the United States
(4)
BERGSTROM, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 7, or any two quarters of History 17A-B-C, or upper-division standi
The interaction of politics and public policy from the revolution to the present, focusing upon the key issues of each era in social, economic, cultural, racial, and other policy areas. A particular concern for the policy-making process, ideology, and the cultural origins of politics.
HIST 172B.
Politics and Public Policy in the United States
(4)
BERGSTROM, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 7, or any two quarters of History 17A-B-C, or upper-division standi
The interaction of politics and public policy from the revolution to the present, focusing upon the key issues of each era in social, economic, cultural, racial, and other policy areas. A particular concern for the policy-making process, ideology, and the cultural origins of politics.
HIST 172P.
Public Policy Issues in the 1960's
(4)
BERGSTROM, FURNER, O'CONNOR
Prerequisite: History 172A-B.
Proseminar in the history of public policy. A research seminar utilizing team research method to explore major policy questions in the Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon era.
HIST 173T.
American Environmental History
(4)
STAFF
Traces the history of American attitudes a