Courses
History
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College of Arts and Sciences
The Dawn of Europe: Antiquity to the Renaissance (Western Civilization I)
CAS HI 101
Covers the origins and rise of Europe, with emphasis on Greek and Roman antiquity, medieval institutions, the Renaissance city-state, and religious reform. Typical readings may include Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, the Bible, Machiavelli's The Prince, and Luther's Christian Liberty. 4 cr.
The Emergence of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Present (Western Civilization II)
CAS HI 102
Political and religious change; Enlightenment and Revolution; industrialization and the nation state; modernity, the World Wars, and their consequences. Typical readings may include Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto, and Silone's Bread and Wine. 4 cr.
The Emerging United States to 1865
CAS HI 151
Colonial society and the roots of the American Revolution; federalism, nationalism, Jeffersonian democracy; Jackson and democratic capitalism; expansion and imperialism; slavery and civil war. 4 cr.
The United States Since 1865
CAS HI 152
Reconstruction, industrialism, and recent social movements; labor and populism, imperial expansion and progressive politics, World War I, 1920s prosperity and the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. 4 cr.
History of International Relations 1900-1945
CAS HI 349
The causes and consequences of the First World War; the search for postwar reconstruction and stability during the twenties; the consequences of economic collapse, revolutionary nationalism and fascism during the thirties; the Second World War and the advent of the bipolar world. 4 cr.
History of International Relations Since 1945
CAS HI 350
The causes and consequences of the Soviet-American Cold War from its origins in Europe to its extension to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The rise of the multipolar international system, the emergence of the non-aligned blocs, and inter- and intra-alliance conflicts. 4 cr.
History of American Foreign Relations Since 1898
CAS HI 366
Analysis of the history of American foreign policy from the perspective of the changing world and regional international systems; emphasis on the effect of these systems and the impact of America on the creation and operation of international systems. Meets with CAS PO 366. 4 cr.
African American History
CAS HI 371
The history of African Americans from African origins to present time; consideration of slavery, reconstruction, and ethnic relations from the colonial era to our own time. Meets with CAS AA 371. 4 cr.
The Twentieth-Century American Presidency
CAS HI 372
Focus on the alterations in the institution of the presidency during the twentieth century. Consideration of Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan. 4 cr.
Introduction to Modern Japanese History
CAS HI 391
Developments from late Tokugawa Japan and the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the present. Focus is on Japan's economic, political, and social adjustment to modern times, the evolution of twentieth-century Japanese imperialism, and Japan's growth after World War II. 4 cr.
Introduction to the Middle East
CAS HI 392
General introduction to the history, culture, and current developments in the Middle East. Objective is to introduce students to a specific geographical and historical experience as well as to acquaint them with some of the literature in the field. Meets with GRS HI 892. 4 cr.
The Great War and the Fragile Peace
CAS HI 436
Exploration of the military, political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the First World War and the peace conference of 1919. Focuses on technological innovations, the expanded role of the state, and the long-range impact of the Versailles settlement. Meets with CAS IR 436. 4 cr.
The United States and the Cold War
CAS HI 465
Examination of U.S. Cold War foreign policy from its origins at the end of World War II to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union. Reading seminar. Meets with CAS IR 465. 4 cr.
World War II: Causes, Course, Consequences
CAS HI 537
Begins with the origins of World War II in Asia and Europe, follows its major campaigns, and ends with its main consequences. Topics include diplomacy, grand strategy, command decisions, conditions of battle, and civilians in occupation and resistance. 4 cr.
The American Transcendentalists
CAS HI 560
Led by Emerson, Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, and others, the Transcendentalists constituted the first "counter-cultural" movement in American history. How and why they did so within the philosophical, religious, literary, antislavery, communitarian, and ecological currents they inhabited is the topic of the seminar. 4 cr.
The Armenian Genocide
CAS HI 594
Examines the emergence of the Armenian Question in the Ottoman Empire as a national and international issue. Analysis of Armenian-Turkish relations after the Young Turk revolution in 1908. Focuses on the processes of the genocide, survivor memory, and international responses. 4 cr.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Economic History of the United States
GRS HI 754
Analysis of American economic development; role of factory and frontier; changes in economic structure and institutions; parts played by government and business enterprise in development. Influence of economic conditions and occupation groupings on political alignments and on public policy. 4 cr.
The Middle East
GRS HI 892
General introduction to the history, culture, and current development in the Middle East. Objective is to introduce students to a specific geographical and historical experience as well as to acquaint them with some of the literature in the field. Meets with CAS HI 392. Additional work required for graduate credit. 4 cr.
Metropolitan College
History of Boston
MET HI 373
Provides an overview of the evolution and development of Boston, and examines Boston's unique cultures as manifested in religious, political, social, and aesthetic thought and events. 4 cr.
MET HI 440
Significant themes in American social history in the twentieth century, including radical and protest movements, mass media, ethnic movements and conflict, urban disorders, and attitudes. Basic themes vary with the instructor and semester. 4 cr.
