Department of History continued

UG 320 Medieval Germany and Its Neighbors 3 cr. The Frankish experiment; the Saxon, Salian and Hohenstaufen dynasties.

UG 321 Germany: Augsburg to Bismarck, 1555-1866 3 cr. Political, economic and social development of the states of the Holy Roman Empire from 1555-1866.

UG 322 Modern Germany 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Forces and personalities in modern German history from Bismarck and German unification, the First World War, the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, the Second World War and the Holocaust, the two German states, and reunification to the present.

UG 324 Italy: 1300-1800 3 cr. The emergence of the Italian states with an emphasis on cultural achievements in the late Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods.

UG 325 Italy: 1800-Present 3 cr. The emergence of a united Italy, the triumph of fascism and contemporary Italian society.

UG 326E Terrorism: Political Violence in the Modern World 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. The rise and spread of terrorism in the modern world, from the French Revolution to the present.

UG 330H European International Relations: Origins of the State System to 1870 3 cr. The nature, evolution, and functions of the European diplomatic system from the Ancient World to 1870.

UG 331H Foreign Relations of the Great Powers, 1870-Present 3 cr. The Bismarckian alliances, causes and results of the First World War and the rise of Hitler, the Japanese and Nazi new order, the Second World War, American's emergence as a Great Power, the division of Europe and the world by the Cold War, and the continual search for stability in a revolutionary world.

UG 332H The Global Diplomacy of the Cold War 3 cr. Confrontations of international relations from the Second World War to the present including the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War, regional perspectives on Soviet-American rivalries, changes since Gorbachev, and current developments.

UG 333 The Expansion of Europe 3 cr. Exploration and colonization of the non-European world in the 16th to the 18th century.

UG 334E War, Peace, and Society 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. A thematic and interdisciplinary approach to warfare and peace, sociopolitical structures and military organization, power among states, technological change, the role of the individual in organized violence, and moral views of war and peace.

UG 338H European Social and Intellectual History: 1450-1789 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The influence of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Ages, and the Enlightenment on early modern history.

UG 339H European Social and Intellectual History: The 19th Century 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Romanticism, Realism, and the Avant-Garde against the historical background of the Industrial Revolution and urbanization.

UG 340H European Social and Intellectual History: The 20th Century 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The triumph of the Avant-Garde and the decline of traditional culture: 1914-1945.

UG 344 Russia to 1801 3 cr. Emphasis on the autocratic political tradition, Westernization, and territorial expansion.

UG 345 Russia Since 1801 3 cr. Emphasis on modernization and the revolutionary movement; the Bolshevik Revolution and Stalinist era; the decline of Soviet system.

UG 346 Russian Cultural and Intellectual History 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The development of Russian culture from earliest times to the present. Focus on the history of ideas and the changing character of artistic expression.

UG 348 Eastern Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Main currents in the history of Eastern Europe from earliest times to the present. Focus on the lands of Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, and the Balkan region.

UG 349 The Irish and Irish-Americans 3 cr. Ireland, the Irish people, and the Irish diaspora, from first settlement to contemporary troubles.

UG 350 Historical Backgrounds to Current Crises 3 cr. (R-6) Social, intellectual, political, and constitutional backgrounds of unresolved crises in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and America.

UG 351 Colonial America 3 cr. Emphasis changes from year to year. Can touch upon the political economy of Puritanism, through gender and family to the preconditions for the American revolution.

UG 352 The American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1801 3 cr. Dissent within the revolutionary movement; the different revolutionary traditions.

UG 353 Jefferson and Jackson: The United States, 1801-1848 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Democracy, nationalism and sectionalism, the War of 1812, the second party system, social order and disorder, the capitalist revolution.

UG 355 The Age of the Civil War 3 cr. Civil War and Reconstruction; the triumph of the industrialist and capitalist ethic.

UG 356 Industrial America 3 cr. From Reconstruction to the New Deal. The final triumph of industrial capitalism.

UG 357 The Age of Reform: The United States, 1919-1952 3 cr. Roaring twenties, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, and social and intellectual developments.

UG 358 America in Our Time: The United States, 1952 to the Present 3 cr. The Cold War and its consequences, the civil rights revolution, affluence and anxiety, counter-culture, political radicalism, feminism, the Nixon years, Watergate and after.

UG 360H Society and Culture in America I 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Social, religious, literary, and philosophical ideals to the Civil War.

UG 362E Afro-American Struggle for Equality 3 cr. A survey of the various efforts by African Americans to achieve racial equality in the United States from the late 19th century through the 1960s.

UG 361H Society and Culture in America II 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Social, religious, literary, and philosophical ideals since the Civil War.

UG 363H History of American Law 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Issues in the social history of law from the colonial period to the present.

UG 364E Environmental History 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. A history of the human-nature interaction in the United States.

UG 365 19th Century American West 3 cr. Euro-American movement and conflict in the nineteenth century trans-Mississippi west.

UG 366 20th Century American West 3 cr. The contemporary trans-Mississippi West

UG 367 Topics in American Western History 3 cr. (R-9) Selected topics on the history of the American and Canadian West.

UG 368 American Military History 3 cr. (R-6) Offered alternate years. The French and Indian Wars to Vietnam and beyond; chronological and topical accounts.

UG 369 Images of the American West 3 cr. The roles that artists, artistic works and illustrations, and symbolic images have played in the history of the American West.

UG 373S Immigration and Ethnicity in America 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Immigration to the United States; European, Asian, and Latin American background; ethnic cultural survival; and the intersection between class and ethnicity among immigrant workers.

UG 375S The American Legal Profession 3 cr. Lawyers and their function in society: what it meant to be a lawyer, the education of lawyers, and the rise of a legal profession.

UG 376H American Constitutional History to 1864 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The development of the American Constitution from its English and colonial background through the Taney Court.

UG 377H American Constitutional History Since 1864 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The development of the American Constitution from the Civil War to the present.

UG 378H Gender Wars, 1690-1830: The Road to Seneca Falls 3 cr. A history of power and gender before and after the American Revolution.

UG 379H Women in America: The Historical Perspective 3 cr. Same as LS 335H, Phil 379H. The feminine image in America as revealed by popular literatures: the "good wyfe" of Colonial America, the Southern belle of the 19th century, the "Jewish mama" of the immigrant experience, and the "castrating female" of the 20th century.

UG 380H Modern China 3 cr. China since 180, emphasizing internal weaknesses of the Manchu dynasty, confrontation with the west, and the emergence of Nationalist and Communist regimes.

UG 381H Modern Japan 3 cr. Japanese culture, politics, and economics since 1800: the Tokugawa period, the Meiji Restoration, militarization and the Great Pacific War, the American occupation, Japan as a model of modernization.

UG 382 History of Canada 3 cr. Offered alternate years. A comprehensive, introductory history of Canada from French exploration to the present.

UG 384 Work, Workers, and the Working Classes in America 3 cr A history of unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled labor and the men and women_slaves and free_who performed it.

UG 385 Mexico 3 cr. A comprehensive introduction to Mexican history from the Conquest to the present.

UG 386H Nationalism in Modern Middle East 3 cr. The several intellectual traditions and philosophies_some ephemeral and visionary, most eclectic and confused, and virtually all conflicting_ that are usually believed to underlie the varying concept of Iranian and Arab nationalism in the 20th century.

UG 387 Iran Between Two Revolutions 3 cr. The socioeconomic, political, and cultural causes which resulted in the transformation of the Iranian society from a traditional Islamic entity to a modern secular state and the factors which led to the downfall of the secular state and the establishment of an Islamic republic.

UG 388H Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East 3 cr. Analysis of the complex ethnic and linguistic composition of the population of the Middle East; interpretation of the modern history of the region through the eyes of the ethnic minorities, such as the Kurds, and the women

U 393 Omnibus Variable cr. (R-9) University omnibus option for independent work. See index.

U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-12) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-12)

U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12) Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Cooperative Education Office.

Although the department has no official prerequisites for 400-level courses, they may require appropriate prior study. Interested students should inquire of the History Department before registering.

UG 400 Historiography: History and Historians 3 cr. The history and philosophy of history.

UG 406 Medieval Institutions 3 cr. (R-6) The Christian Church, feudalism, Roman law, the 12th century Renaissance, the papal-imperial struggle.

UG 410 Personalities in History 3 cr. (R-6) Offered alternate years. Influential individuals in European, American, and Asian history.

UG 420L History Through Literature 3 cr. (R-6) Offered alternate years. The history of selected chronological eras, topics, or events as reflected in the novels of the period.

UG 431H History of Science I 3 cr. Prereq., upper-division standing or consent of instr. Same as Phil 431H. Offered alternate years. Scientific thought from preclassical times to the Renaissance of the 12th century.

UG 432H History of Science II 3 cr. Prereq., upper-division standing or consent of instr. Same as Phil 432H. Offered alternate years. Scientific thought in western Europe and U.S. from the 13th to the 19th century.

UG 437 Dynamics of Diplomacy 3 cr. Offered alternate years. An interdisciplinary, global, and thematic approach to major issues in foreign affairs brought about by world wars, diplomatic expansion, the collapse of cultural homogeneity, technological developments, and the rise of public opinion.

UG 441 Britain in the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1815 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The British response to the American, French, industrial and intellectual revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries.

UG 442 Modern Britain, 1815-Present 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The social, intellectual, and political responses of the British to imperial responsibilities, industrialization, and the second scientific revolution, World Wars I and II, the retreat from Empire, and economic union with Europe.

UG 446 The Russian Revolution, 1900-1930 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The causes, course, character, and consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution.

UG 450 Archival Management 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The nature, acquisition, processing, use, and administration of archival sources.

UG 451 Family, Belief, and Power 3 cr. An exploration of family, belief, and power in the everyday documentary record of colonial America.

UG 460E Problems of Peace and National Security 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. Contemporary and historical problems of civilian policy and military strategy, power and technology, intelligence operations in democratic societies, human rights and security issues, conscription, and ethics in statecraft.

UG 465H History of Indian Affairs to 1865 3 cr. Same as NAS 465H. A study of tribal ecounters and adjustments to European and American powers to 1865.

UG 466H History of Indian Affairs from 1865 3 cr. Same as NAS 466H. A study of tribal encounters and adjustments to the American nation from 1865.

UG 467 Indian, Bison and Horse 3 cr. Historical interaction between Native American societies, horses and bison in North America, with emphasis on the horse-mounted hunters of the historic Great Plains.

U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R-9) University omnibus option for independent work. See index.

UG 494 Seminar Variable cr. (R-6) Prereq., consent of instr.

UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-12) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

UG 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-12) Prereq., consent of instr.

G 500 Teaching Discussion Sections in History 1 cr. (R-4) Supervised teaching and reading keyed to survey courses in American history and western civilization.

G 507 Medieval Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in the history of the Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th century.

G 511 Early Modern Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in 16th, 17th, and 18th century European history.

G 514 Modern France 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading, from the Fench Revolution to the present.

G 516 Modern Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in 19th and 20th century European history.

G 531 International Relations 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in the history of international relations and diplomacy during the late 19th and 20th centuries.

G 544 Modern Russia 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in 19th and 20th century Russia.

G 550 Early America 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 551 Early National America 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 552 Industrial America, 1863-1932 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 553 Modern America 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 554 The Early Republic 3 cr. America from the Revolution to the Civil War.

G 564 U.S. Environmental History 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 566 The American West 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 567 Native Americans 3 cr. Intensive reading.

G 570 United States Foreign Policy 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading in American diplomatic history.

G 580 Modern Asia 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading.

G 585 Latin America 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading.

G 586 Modern Islamic Politics 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive reading.

G 594 Seminar 3 cr. (R-12) Prereq., 27 credits in history. Directed research.

G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics

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G 596 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-12)

G 597 Research in History Variable cr. (R-9)

G 598 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-8) Prereq., consent of department and Cooperative Education Office. Practical application of classroom learning in off-campus placements.

G 599 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R-6)

G 699 Thesis/Dissertation Variable cr. (R-6)

Faculty

Professors

Robert R. Dozier, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1969
Richard R. Drake, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976
David M. Emmons, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1969
William E. Farr, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1971 (Chair)
Linda S. Frey, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1971
Dan Flores, Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1978 (A.B. Hammond Professor of Western History)
Harry W. Fritz, Ph.D., Washington University at St. Louis, 1971
H. Duane Hampton, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1965
Paul Gordon Lauren, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973
Robert O. Lindsay, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1965
Kenneth A. Lockridge, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965
Manuel A. Machado, Jr., Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1964

Associate Professors

Mehrdad Kia, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986
Michael S. Mayer, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1984
Frederick W. Skinner, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1973


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