printer friendly pageHISTORY 247: Violence in African History: Conflict and Healing in sub-Saharan Africa (HISTORY 347)
This course questions what constitutes "violence" in African history, and why it occurred when it did. We will examine the subtleties of "violence" in African history, which have sometimes led to conflicts, and sometimes to rich strategies of healing and improvisation. These include ecological crises, domestic violence, corruption, economic exploitation, and demographic crises (including urbanization and diseases such as HIV-AIDS). While we begin by examining ideas about conflict in pre-colonial Africa, the course focuses on the colonial and post-colonial eras in African history.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Rosenthal, J. (PI)
HISTORY 248S: Colonial States and African Societies, Part I (HISTORY 448A)
Colonialism set in motion profound transformations of African societies. These transformations did not occur immediately following military conquest, nor did they occur uniformly throughout the continent. This research seminar will focus directly on the encounter between the colonial state and African societies. The seminar will examine problems of social transformation, the role of the colonial state, and the actions of Africans. Following four weeks of collloquim style discussion, students then embark on independent research on the encounter between one colonial state and its constituent African societies.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Roberts, R. (PI)
HISTORY 249S: Colonial States and African Societies, Part II (HISTORY 448B)
Second part of the research seminar offered in the Winter. Students continue their research and present their penultimate drafts in week 8.
Instructors:
Roberts, R. (PI)
HISTORY 250A: History of California Indians (CSRE 117S)
Demographic, political, and economic history of California Indians, 1700s-1950s. Processes and events leading to the destruction of California tribes, and their effects on the groups who survived. Geographic and cultural diversity. Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American periods. The mission system.
Last offered: Winter 2011
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP
HISTORY 250E: Taxing America: From the Puritans to Prop. 13
Taxes have shaped American society and politics since before the Revolution. And they've been extremely controversial just as long. In this course we'll try to understand American society and government by looking at the politics of taxation from the colonial period to the twentieth century. Topics include the legitimacy of taxation, the constitution, economic development, inequality, gender, and race.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
duRivage, J. (PI)
HISTORY 252B: Diplomacy on the Ground: Case Studies in the Challenges of Representing Your Country (INTNLREL 174)
The tragic death of Ambassador Chris Stevens has recently highlighted the dangers of diplomacy in the modern era. This class will look at how Americans in embassies have historically confronted questions such as authoritarian rule, human rights abuses, violent changes of government, and covert action. Case studies will include the Berlin embassy in the 1930s, Tehran in 1979, and George Kennan's experiences in Moscow, among others. Recommended for students contemplating careers in diplomatic service.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Rakove, R. (PI)
HISTORY 252K: America as a World Power: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1914 to Present (INTNLREL 168)
This course will examine the modern history of American foreign relations, from 1914 to the present. Beginning with the fateful decision to intervene in the First World War, it will examine the major crises and choices that have defined the ¿American Century.¿ Our study of U.S. foreign relations will consider such key factors as geopolitics, domestic politics, bureaucracy, psychology, race, and culture. Students will be expected to undertake their own substantial examination of a critical episode in the era studied.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Rakove, R. (PI)
HISTORY 254: Popular Culture and American Nature
Despite John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson, it is arguable that the Disney studios have more to do with molding popular attitudes toward the natural world than politicians, ecologists, and activists. Disney as the central figure in the 20th-century American creation of nature. How Disney, the products of his studio, and other primary and secondary texts see environmentalism, science, popular culture, and their interrelationships.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-SI, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
White, R. (PI)
HISTORY 254G: The Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution
Why did Britain's North American colonies declare independence from an empire they had long revered? What did the American Revolution mean for the people who experienced it? In this course we will explore the explosive origins of the American republic. Topics: revolutionary ideology, empire, the federal constitution, slavery, social conflict, and the international consequences of the American Revolution.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
duRivage, J. (PI)
HISTORY 255E: Education, Race, and Inequality in African American History, 1880-1990 (AFRICAAM 116, CSRE 216X, EDUC 216)
Seminar. The relationship among race, power, inequality, and education from the 1880s to the 1990s. How schools have constructed race, the politics of school desegregation, and ties between education and the late 20th-century urban crisis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul
Instructors:
Gordon, L. (PI)
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