26:510:504
Reading and Writing Narrative History (3)
Critical reading and writing of narrative history, one of history's oldest literary forms.
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26:510:505
History in Fiction and Fact (3)
Juxtaposes closely related worlds of history, biography, memoir, and fiction in order to explore the past, the nature of historical understanding, and the possibilities of creative historical writing.
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26:510:506
The Poetics of History (3)
Exploration of one or more of the literary forms that history has taken since Herodotus. Those forms include (but are not limited to) epic, chronicle, drama, narrative, interpretive essays, monographs, statistical studies, and social scientific reports.
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26:510:514
United States Diplomatic History (3)
Selected topics in United States diplomatic history.
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26:510:515
Topics in the History of Gender (3)
Selected topics in the history of gender.
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26:510:516
The West, Islam, and the Middle East (3)
Examination of the historical relationship between Europe/the West and the Islamic world of the Middle East and surrounding regions from the advent of Islam in the seventh century to today.
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26:510:517
Capitalism and Socialism (3)
The history of Western economic systems and ideologies from the origins
of capitalism in early-modern Europe through the rise of socialism in
the 19th century and social democracy in the 20th century.
Topics include the agricultural and industrial revolutions; liberal
ideologies and policies of the 19th century; Marxism and socialist
thought; the Soviet model; the Great Depression; growth of the welfare
state after World War II; and the problem of underdevelopment.
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26:510:520
Topics in the History of Technology (3)
Selected topics in the history of technology.
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26:510:521
Topics in South Asian History (3)
Introduction to major themes in South Asian history and debates in the historiography of the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the European colonial conquest. These themes can include religious and nonwestern nationalism in South Asia, communalism, postcolonial thought, peasant movements, subaltern studies, and modernity.
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26:510:525
Colloquium in the History of Women (3)
Readings and discussion on the history of women in the United States and Western Europe.
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26:510:526
Problems and Readings in Afro-American History (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in the history of Afro-Americans in the United States.
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26:510:527,528
Selected Topics in European Political and Diplomatic History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in European political and diplomatic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:529,530
Selected Topics in European Intellectual and Cultural History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in European intellectual and cultural history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:531,532
Problems and Directed Readings in American Diplomatic History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in American diplomatic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:533,534
Selected Topics in American Social and Economic History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in American social and economic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:537,538
Problems and Readings in the Ancient World (3,3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature of the ancient world.
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26:510:539
Problems and Readings in Medieval History (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in medieval European history.
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26:510:540
Modern Russia (3)
Major themes of post-Petrine Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union.
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26:510:541
Problems and Readings in European History 1350-1650 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in European history from 1350 to 1650.
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26:510:542
The History of Health and International Development (3)
Examines the history of western efforts to promote health and nutrition
in the developing world from the beginnings of tropical medicine.
Traces the history through colonial health services to the development
of the Global Programme on AIDS. Explores the various economic and
political interests and underlying cultural assumptions that have
shaped the development of ideas and practices associated with
international health and development.
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26:510:543
Topics in World History (3)
Selected topics in world history.
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26:510:545,546
Problems and Readings in European History since 1850 (3,3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in European history since 1850.
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26:510:548
Environmental History of North America (3)
Explores the dialogue between humankind and the environment in North America over the course of the last four centuries. Examines the latest and most interesting work done in the new field of environmental history to see what such a perspective has to offer.
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26:510:549
Topics in Latin American History (3)
An introduction to the field of modern Latin American history.
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26:510:551,552
Selected Topics in American Intellectual and Cultural History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in American intellectual and cultural history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:553,554
Selected Topics in American Political and Legal History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in American political and legal history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:555,556
Selected Topics in American Urban and Ethnic History (3,3)
Examination of issues and methods in American urban and ethnic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:557
War, Technology, and Society (3)
Examines key themes in the interrelationship between warfare, technology, and society from the beginnings of modern warfare until World War I. Primary emphasis placed on the historical connections between violent conflict, the technical means by which it is carried out, and the sociopolitical environment within which wars take place. Topics include the effect of technology on war and the effect of war on technological change and development.
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26:510:558
Selected Topics in European Social and Economic History (3)
Examination of issues and methods in European social and economic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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26:510:559
Cities in Change I (3)
The process of urbanization as seen in the growth of historic European and North American cities and in the underdeveloped world: the revival of towns in the Middle Ages; the royal capital as center of power; rise of an urban way of life; 19th-century industrial cities; changing city forms and functions of the 20th century; urban values in politics, business, and material culture.
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26:510:560
Cities in Change II (3)
The process of urbanization as seen in the growth, decline, and revival efforts of Newark, New Jersey. Examination of the economic, political, geographical, and social factors that helped shape Newark as New Jersey's most important city but also as one of the most troubled urban communities in the United States. Attention to the origins of Newark's decline and its relationship with suburban communities in northern New Jersey. The settlement of European immigrants and rural Afro-Americans in the late 19th and 20th centuries and recent efforts to revive the city's political, economic, and cultural life.
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26:510:561
Problems in United States Foreign Policy (3)
Major historiographical problems and recent literature in U.S. foreign
policy.
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26:510:562
The Urban Environment (3)
Examines the role of the economy, culture, and technology in shaping the urban environment. Makes extensive use of Newark and the New York metropolitan area, including field observations and local research. In addition to other topics, explores in detail spatial relationships, the role of transportation, and the development of suburbia.
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26:510:563
Topics in the History of Health (3)
Selected topics in the history of health.
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26:510:564
History of Urban Education (3)
Examines the development of urban school systems in the United States; school reform movements and programs to improve city schools; the recruitment of urban teachers; the role of race, immigration, ethnicity, and class in educational performance; and the effects of suburbanization, desegregation, and deindustrialization on urban schools.
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26:510:565
Public History (3)
Introduction to the principles and practices of public history.
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26:510:566
Writing American History (3)
Exploration of the ways in which American history has been written and the issues that historians of America face when writing about its history.
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26:510:567
Global Environmental History (3)
A global view of human interactions with the natural
world, mixing broad themes such as colonialism and industrialization
with detailed case studies in an effort to understand the complicated
ways that people and the environment have mutually shaped one another
in different places and at different times. Because environmental
change often transcends national boundaries, this course places
important subjects in environmental history such as disease,
agriculture, pollution, and environmentalism into a global context.
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26:510:568
Topics in Environmental History (3)
Selected topics in environmental history.
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26:510:569
American Legal History to 1860 (3)
Readings and discussion on the legacy of common law after the Revolution. The emergence of legal instrumentalism and the evolution of tort, contract, and damages in the context of industrialism and economic growth.
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26:510:570
Topics in American Legal History (3)
Readings and discussion on the growth of legal formalism, the evolution of substantive due process, changes in legal education and the legal profession, and the evolution of private law.
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26:510:571
Introduction to Historical Method (3)
Examines major theoretical approaches that have been used by historians and looks at some of the works that have employed those approaches.
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26:510:572
Philosophy of History (3)
General survey of major trends in historiography and of leading issues in the philosophy of history.
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26:510:573,574
Problems in Central European History (3,3)
Topics in the 19th- and 20th-century political, social, and intellectual history of Germany. Also examines the Hapsburg monarchy and its successor states.
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26:510:576
Problems and Readings in American History, 1492-1789 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1492 to 1789.
|
26:510:577
Problems and Readings in American History, 1789-1865 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1789 to 1865.
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26:510:581
Problems and Readings in American History, 1865-1914 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1865 to 1914.
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26:510:583
Problems and Readings in American History, 1890-1945 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1890 to 1945.
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26:510:585
Problems and Readings in American History, 1945 to Present (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history since 1945.
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26:510:586
American Immigration History (3)
Examines the history of immigration to urban America since the 19th century, examining the causes of immigration, adaptation to America, return migration, race, group differences, the development of ethnic identities, changing American immigration policy, and the impact of immigration and ethnicity on American society.
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26:510:589,590
Problems and Readings in African History (3,3)
Various problems in African history, from the ancient African civilizations to the present day. Topics vary from year to year; contact the instructor for current topics.
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26:510:591
City and Disease in History (3)
Explores the dynamic interaction between the growth of cities and changes in the experience and location of disease. Presumes the intertwining of these two historical developments in the birth of a distinctly urban identity, one predicated on the notion that the modern city is somehow inherently diseased. Focuses on the New York and Newark metropolitan areas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the topics considered are epidemic outbreaks; quarantines; the technology and organization of sanitation and hygiene; the professional formation of public, industrial, and occupational medicine; and medical and popular responses to immigration.
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26:510:592
African Intellectual History (3)
Selected topics in African intellectual history.
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26:510:593
Culture and Science in the History of American Medicine (3)
Provides an overview of American medical history and a familiarity with the theoretical and practical ramifications of different approaches to the complex relationships between medicine, science, and culture. Topics include the extent to which medicine is or has been scientific; reasons why science has been considered so important to medicine's professional culture; and the degree to which medicine's professional culture has been shaped by science as well as other factors, such as economic and political self-interest, technology, class, race, gender, and other kinds of cultural values.
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26:510:594
Technology, Environment, and Medicine in World History, 1500-1900 (3)
Examines the interrelationship between the emerging modern world system and changes in technology, environment, and medicine, with particular emphasis on European overseas expansion and its impact in non-Western regions.
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26:510:595
Social History of American Medicine Since 1800 (3)
Topics include the practices of 19th-century regular medicine; the relation between medical concepts and mainstream social thought; the treatment of women's health; antebellum alternative healers and alternative politics; the triumphs of late 19th- and early 20th-century medical therapeutics; the emergence of medicine as big business; medicine and racism; the emergence of nursing as a profession; modern medicine in an international perspective; New Age healing; the AIDS crisis and AIDS activism; and contemporary debates on the future of health care in the United States.
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26:510:596
History of the Body in Modern Western Culture (3)
Considers medical or scientific history primarily in terms of implications for bodily experience in everyday life. Begins with grand narratives of historical shifts in bodily perceptions and practices, and proceeds to more focused narratives of changing bodily experience, engaging key distinctions between genders, classes, and species as well as perceptions of pain and internal bodily structure. Materials will be drawn from early modern and modern Europe, as well as more recent bodily experience in the United States.
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26:510:597
Technology, Culture, and History (3)
Treats the relationship between technology and cultural values in a variety of historical and geographical settings, from early modern Japan to 20th-century America. Examines the ways in which cultural ideals, conceptions, and preconceptions serve to influence the rate and manner of technological change, as well as the ways in which technology affects social and cultural life.
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26:510:598
History of Technology, Environment, and Medicine: Theory and Method (3)
A team-taught course that surveys the methods employed in the three fields. Explores the interdisciplinary nature of each field and the value of interdisciplinary scholarship.
|
26:510:599
Social History of Communication (3)
Treats selected themes in the history of communication in different social and cultural contexts, from the ancient world to the 20th century. Topics include orality, proto-literacy, and literacy in ancient and medieval cultures; printing and the development of print culture in the early modern world; the communication revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; and historiographical debates over the role of communication technologies in society.
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26:510:618
Seminar: Teaching of History (3)
Experience in the planning of a course, leading discussions, and lecturing under the supervision of the student's major professor. Critiques made by both the professor and the seminar participants.
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26:510:619
Internship in Public History (3,3)
Professional training in various aspects of public history through on-site internships at local historical and cultural institutions, such as the New Jersey Historical Society and the Newark Museum. Students acquire skills in one or more of four areas: manuscripts curatorship, exhibitions and research, collections cataloging, and education and the public.
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26:510:694
Master's Essay (3)
The master's essay is a substantial piece of written work, the capstone
of the M.A./M.A.T. program for those students who elect not to write a
6-credit master's thesis. The essay is undertaken in consultation with
an adviser.
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26:510:695
Individual Studies in History (3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the director of graduate programs. Offered both semesters.
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26:510:696
Advanced Individual Studies in History (3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the director of graduate programs. Offered both semesters.
|
26:510:697,698
Research in History (3,3)
Normally reserved for M.A. thesis credit.
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26:510:800
Matriculation Continued (E1)
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48:510:620
City and Disease in History (3)
Explores the dynamic interaction between the growth of cities and
changes in the experience and location of disease. Presumes the
intertwining of these two historical developments in the birth of a
distinctly urban identity, one predicated on the notion that the modern
city is somehow inherently diseased. Focuses on the New York and Newark
metropolitan areas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the
topics considered are epidemic outbreaks, quarantines, the technology
and organization of sanitation and hygiene, the professional formation
of public, industrial and occupational medicine, and medical and popular
responses to immigration.
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48:510:622
Culture and Science in the History of American Medicine (3)
Provides an overview of American medical history and a familiarity with
the theoretical and practical ramifications of different approaches to
the complex relationships between medicine, science, and culture. Topics
include: the extent to which medicine is or has been scientific;
reasons why science has been considered so important to medicine's
professional culture; and the degree to which medicine's professional
culture has been shaped by science as well as other factors, such as
economic and political self-interest, technology, class, race, gender,
and other kinds of cultural values.
|
48:510:624
Technology, Environment, and Medicine in World History, 1500-1900 (3)
Examines the interrelationship between the emerging modern world system
and changes in technology, environment, and medicine, with particular
emphasis on European overseas expansion and its impact in non-Western
regions.
|
48:510:626
Social History of American Medicine Since 1800 (3)
Topics include the practices of 19th-century regular medicine; the
relation between medical concepts and mainstream social thought; the
treatment of women's health; antebellum alternative healers and
alternative politics; the triumphs of late 19th- and early 20th-century
medical therapeutics; the emergence of medicine as big business;
medicine and racism; the emergence of nursing as a profession; modern
medicine in an international perspective; New Age healing; the AIDS
crisis and AIDS activism; and contemporary debates on the future of
health care in the United States.
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48:510:628
Gender, Science, and Technology in the Modern World (3)
Introduction
to a wide range of political and cultural analyses of science and
technology, with an emphasis on recent feminist critiques of science.
Explores the questions of scientific neutrality; the gendering of
scientific knowledge; the relationship between science, technology, and
capitalism; the role of science in international politics; and why
science has not freed women.
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48:510:630
History of the Body in Modern Western Culture (3)
Considers
medical or scientific history primarily in terms of implications for
bodily experience in everyday life. Begins with grand narratives of
historical shifts in bodily perceptions and practices, and proceeds to
more focused narratives of changing bodily experience, engaging key
distinctions between genders, classes, and species as well as
perceptions of pain and internal bodily structure. Materials will be
drawn from early modern and modern Europe, as well as more recent bodily
experience in the United States.
|
48:510:632
Technology, Culture, and History (3)
Treats the relationship between technology and cultural values in a
variety of historical and geographical settings, from early modern Japan
to 20th-century America. Examines the ways in which cultural
ideals, conceptions, and preconceptions serve to influence the rate and
manner of technological change, as well as the ways in which technology
affects social and cultural life.
|
48:510:634
Environmental History of North America (3)
Explores the dialogue between humankind and the environment in North America over the course of the last four centuries. Examines the latest and most interesting work done in the new field of environmental history to see what such a perspective has to offer.
|
48:510:635
History of Technology, Environment, and Medicine: Theory and Method (3)
A team-taught course which surveys the methods employed in the three
fields. Explores the interdisciplinary nature of each field, and the
value of interdisciplinary scholarship.
|
48:510:637
Global Environmental History (3)
A global view of human interaction with the natural world,
mixing broad themes such as colonialism and industrialization with
detailed case studies in an effort to understand the ways that people
and the environment have mutually shaped one another. Because
environmental change often transcends national boundaries, this course
places important subjects in environmental history such as disease,
agriculture, pollution, and environmentalism into a global and
transnational context.
|
48:510:638
Social History of Communication (3)
Treats
selected themes in the history of communication in different social and
cultural contexts, from the ancient world to the twentieth century.
Topics include: orality, proto-literacy, and literacy in ancient and
medieval cultures; printing and the development of print culture in the
early modern world; the communication revolution of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries; and historiographical debates over the role of
communication technologies in society.
|
48:510:640
The Urban Environment (3)
Examines
the role of the economy, culture, and technology in shaping the urban
environment. Makes extensive use of Newark and the New York metropolitan
area, including field observations and local research. In addition to
other topics, explores in detail spatial relationships, the role of
transportation, and the development of suburbia.
|
48:510:642
The History of Health and International Development (3)
Examines the history of western efforts to promote health and
nutrition in the 'developing world" from the beginnings of tropical
medicine. We will trace this history through its many permutations from
the establishment of colonial health services to the development of the
Global Programme on AIDS. In doing so, we will explore the various
economic and political interests and underlying cultural assumptions
that have shaped the development of ideas and practices associated with
international health and development.
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48:510:644
War, Technology, and Society, 1500-1914 (3)
Examines
key themes in the interrelationship between warfare, technology, and
society from the beginnings of modern warfare until World War I. Primary
emphasis placed on the historical connections between violent conflict,
the technical means by which it is carried out, and the sociopolitical
environment within which wars take place. The effect of technology upon
war and considerations of the effect of war on technological change and
development. Samples the rich tradition of thought and ideas produced
by philosophers and theorists on these themes.
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48:510:645
American Legal History to 1860 (3)
Readings and discussion on the legacy of common law after the
Revolution; the emergence of legal instrumentalism; and the evolution of
tort, contract, and damages in the context of industrialism and
economic growth.
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48:510:650
History of American Conservatism (3)
Examines postwar American conservatism through classic works
and contemporary studies. Topics include the rise of conservatism,
groups under the conservative umbrella, and the rise of the right as
related to key events in postwar history (Cold War, McCarthysim, the
'60s, the suburbs, and urban change). Course interrogates postwar
conservatism with respect to American political and intellectual history
and in relation to histories of gender, race, class, sexuality, place,
and religion.
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48:510:652
Topics in the History of Technology (3)
Selected topics in the history of technology.
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48:510:653
Topics in European Intellectual and Cultural History (3)
Examination of issues and methods in European intellectual and cultural
history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
|
48:510:654
Topics in American Intellectual and Cultural History (3)
Examination
of issues and methods in American intellectual and cultural history,
with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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48:510:655
Topics in American Urban and Ethnic History (3)
Examination of issues and methods in American urban and ethnic history,
with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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48:510:656
Topics in the History of Health (3)
Selected topics in the history of Health.
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48:510:657
Topics in Environmental History (3)
Selected topics in environmental history.
|
48:510:658
Topics in American Legal History (3)
Readings
and discussion on the growth of legal formalism, the evolution of
substantive due process, changes in legal education and the legal
profession, and the evolution of private law.
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48:510:660
The Enlightenment in Britain (3)
The
18th century was the age of the Enlightenment. Great Britain became a
unified polity and the most powerful imperial force in the world. This course examines the Enlightenment in Britain against the backdrop of war and
empire, imperial consumer culture, the growth and significance of
sociability and politeness, representations of gender, the writing of
cultural history, social uses of science/technology, print culture, and
competition among varying notions of ethnic identity.
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48:510:661
Problems and Readings in European History since 1850 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in European history since 1850.
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48:510:662
Problems and Readings: Hist/U.S. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (3)
Examination of issues and methods in American diplomatic history, with a consideration of some leading problems in the field.
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48:510:663
Problems and Readings in American History, 1492-1789 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1492 to 1789.
|
48:510:664
Problems and Readings in American History, 1789-1865 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1789 to 1865.
|
48:510:665
Problems and Readings in American History, 1865-1914 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1865 to 1914.
|
48:510:666
Problems and Readings in American History, 1890-1945 (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history from 1890 to 1945.
|
48:510:667
Problems and Readings in American History, 1945-Present (3)
Introduction to the major historiographical problems and recent literature in American history since 1945.
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48:510:701
Master's Thesis (6)
For students writing a master's
thesis in the history of technology, environment, and medicine.
Prerequisite: Permission of graduate history adviser.
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48:510:702
Master's Essay (3)
For
those who don't write a 6-credit thesis, the 3-credit Master's Essay
caps the M.A./M.A.T. A substantial work done with an adviser. The master's essay may be: 1. an interpretive historical essay based on primary source research; 2. a narrative history based on primary source research; (Prerequisite:
R510:504, R510:505, or R510:506); 3. a historiographical essay; 4.
a content-focused curriculum design, either a course or significant
portion thereof; or 5. a design for an historical museum exhibition/other
work in public history.
Prerequisite: Permission of graduate history adviser.
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48:510:725, 726, 727
Independent Study in History (3)
Prerequisites: Permission of graduate history adviser and course instructor.
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Programs, Faculty, and Courses 
