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History
HIST E-71a/W United States History to the Civil War (11449)
This course will explore the history of the United States from the colonial period to the Civil War. We will explore the issues of immigration, encounters between native people and Europeans, the development of slavery, and the creation of republican government in the United States. In addition to reading works written by people who lived in these tumultuous years, such as the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of an American Slave, students will visit an area museum or historical society to analyze ways history is remembered. Back to top of page. HIST E-71b/W United States History since the Civil War (21318)
This course will explore the development of the American nation since the Civil War, focusing on industrial development, the rise of cities, immigration and race relations, and the emergence of the United States as a world leader. Readings will include works by Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Back to top of page. HIST E-100/W History and Film I (11450)
See description for HIST E-105/W (below). Back to top of page. HIST E-105/W History and Film II (21319)
The goal of HIST E-100/W and E-105/W is to give students the ability to analyze and evaluate the historical accuracy of films and television dramas. The history that most people get is through these powerful visual presentations, but viewers often have little idea of how to judge what they have seen or even to make much sense of it beyond the entertainment level. Some of the feature films on historical topics that HIST E-100/W will examine from the point of view of historical study will be: Quest for Fire, Alexander the Great, Gospel According to Matthew, Omar Khayyam, Alexander Nevsky, Ceddo, Gate of Hell, Virgin Spring, and The Name of the Rose. HIST E-105/W will examine: The Return of Martin Guerre, The Mission, Ugetsu monogatari, A Tale of Two Cities, The Man Who Would be King, Shaka Zulu, Viva Zapata!, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Diary of Anne Frank, and The Cranes Are Flying. Back to top of page. HIST E-1050 Dictatorship in History (21162)
A survey with emphasis on the nature of dictatorship and its role in history. A series of case studies, including Caesar and Augustus, the French Revolution and Napoleon, Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and others, will lead to a general synthesis and interpretation. Individual dictators and the working of dictatorship will receive equal attention. Back to top of page. HIST E-1072 The Roman World (11476)
An examination of Rome's history from the time of its foundation to the time of Constantine the Great. Topics will include the development of imperialism, constitutional and social changes, and cultural and religious formation. Emphasis on primary sources (read in translation), including Plautus, Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, and Eusebius. Back to top of page. HIST E-1146/W Medieval Warfare and the Crusades (21320)
This course surveys the military landscape of medieval Europe examining the most important wars and battles as well as military aspects of important broader topics (the fall of Rome, the Germanic invasions, the Vikings, the Crusades, the Hundred Years War). Includes a trip to the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, the largest collection of medieval arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere. Back to top of page. HIST E-1210 Renaissance Florence (11452)
The Renaissance has been described by historians as a revival of antiquity, a revolt against the Middle Ages, and as the beginning of the modern world. This course examines these claims in the context of a detailed examination of the society and culture of Florence, the most important center of the Italian Renaissance, from the time of Dante to the time of Machiavelli. Back to top of page. HIST E-1425/W Jane Austen's World in History, Literature, and Film (11301)
The course examines the cultural attitudes, institutions, and social practices of England during the period 1750-1850 through the lens of Jane Austen. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will address topics such as class, gender, landed society, and culture, as well as the ways in which the late twentieth century views the past. Back to top of page. HIST E-1552/W Imperial Russia: Peter the Great to the Soviet Revolution (11196)
This course will examine the development of Russian society and culture from Peter the Great in the late seventeenth century to the revolutions of 1917. The autocratic state and powerful bureaucracy evolving in this period remained seemingly closed to reform efforts and invulnerable to the assaults of radicalism, the transformations of the emancipation era, and even to developing industrialization, until the revolutionary period from 1905 to 1917. This political culture and its institutional forms provide the elements essential for understanding what happened and what was possible in the Soviet period that followed, and in the new Russia of the present day. Back to top of page. HIST E-1603 The Old South, 1820-1861 (21321)
An examination of southern history before the Civil War. Emphasis on slavery and race relations, social structure, southern identity and values, southern distinctiveness, and the South's course to secession. Back to top of page. HIST E-1630 The History of Boston, 1630-1865 (10161)
The early history of Boston from its English origins and its founding in 1630 to the end of the Civil War. Topics will include colonial life, Puritanism, the struggle for independence, the influence of Bulfinch, the role of Mayor Quincy, social reform activities, the abolition movement, and the crisis of the Union. Back to top of page. HIST E-1631 The History of Boston, 1865 to the Present (20146)
The later history of Boston from the mid-nineteenth century to modern times. Topics will include foreign immigration, nativism, the Great Famine, the Know-Nothing movement, the rise of Irish politics, immigration from Southeastern Europe, the Curley era, racial conflict, and the new Bostonians. Back to top of page. HIST E-1659 Abraham Lincoln (11451)
This seminar will examine Abraham Lincoln's life and his significance in American history. More attention will be given to his presidency than to his career before 1860. Class meetings will focus on discussion of the assigned reading. Topics to be examined include the influence of the frontier on his character, his emergence as a national political figure, the quality of his presidential leadership, emancipation, the Union's military strategy, the impact of the war on his ideas, and his place in American memory. Back to top of page. HIST E-1781 Mexico in the Twentieth Century (11263)
Selected topics in modern Mexican history from the Revolution to the present, including agrarian questions, business, labor, and politics. Back to top of page. HIST E-1790 The History of India (11453)
A survey of Indian and South Asian history from the prehistorical Indus civilization (circa 2300-1900 BCE) to modern times. Stress on political and cultural aspects. Back to top of page. HIST E-1851 The History of Japan (21322)
The most striking modern transformation in the world is that of Japan during the past century. Today it is economically powerful, culturally rich, politically democratic, and socially free and stable, ranking in all these respects among the world leaders. This course inquires into the roots of Japanese civilization, studying its history, traditional institutions, society, religious and intellectual development, and aesthetic achievements, before examining the process by which Japan has transformed itself into the nation it is today. Back to top of page. HIST E-1882 The Political History of the Middle East Since the Second World War (11454)
The course will trace the main lines of political development and inter-state conflict in the Middle East, defined as Turkey, Iran, Israel, and the Arab countries. Particular attention will be paid to the evolution of political systems; the role of non-state political actors; and the influence of wars, revolutions, religious revivalism, and the oil price explosion of the 1970s on both the states and societies of the region. Back to top of page. HIST E-1890 The Second World War: Hitler's Wars (20935)
Examines the causes, courses, and consequences of total war in the European, Atlantic, and Mediterranean theaters. Deals primarily with military operations, grand strategy, inter-allied conflicts, occupation regimes and resistance, the Holocaust, and the politics of Nazi terror. Sources will include reportage, fiction, and film, as well as standard scholarly monographs. Back to top of page. HIST E-1891 The Second World War: The Great Pacific and East Asia War--America, Britain, China, and the Japanese Empire (10993)
Examines the origins and outcome of the distinct conflict in Asia and the Pacific. Topics include the rise of Japanese militarism, the defeat of Japan's thrust for empire, the challenge of waging war on the vast Pacific scale and the China-Burma-India theater, the establishment of postwar order in Asia, and domestic controversies over the Japanese internment and the use of atomic bombs. Sources will include documentaries, memoirs, and historical analyses. Back to top of page.Related Course
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