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servitude, and peonage. The second unit surveys the ways in which
laboring people resisted and sought to shape their own worlds. The final
unit examines labor during and after the Age of Revolution, focusing on
the rise of wage labor and its attendant problems, as well as workers’
movements. Special attention will be paid to the connections between
class, race, and gender. (NTW)
171 Changes in the Land (3 credits) This course introduces students to
Changes in Land Use in this Central New York and Catskill Mountain
region from the late 1700s to the present, through an analysis of forces of
change, for example, decline or increase of natural resources, including
wildlife, technology, demographics, urban influences and market
demands, as well as their socioeconomic impact. For example, there is a
unit on Hunting as Economic Development. Besides history texts, the
course materials include songs, poems, folk tales, interviews,
photographs, and newspaper articles. The first unit analyzes the changes
in land use from the 1700s to the present of the area now encompassing
Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental Campus. The course usually
is taught in the fall semester in a classroom at Pine Lake and includes
field trips. (FYS)
201 Colonial Latin America (3 credits) This course is an overview of
the most significant historical processes and themes that contributed to
the formation, evolution and development of Colonial Latin America. The
course studies the main streams that have contributed to the emergence
of Latin America, from pre-Columbian cultures and the first encounter
between the Old and New Worlds to the military, religious and
bureaucratic conquests of the New World and the formation and
evolution of a colonial society that came to an end with the Wars of
Independence from Spain in the early 19 th century. (NTW)
202 Modern Latin America (3 credits) This course examines the most
significant themes, events and personages that played an important role
in shaping contemporary Latin America. The period under examination
encompasses the two centuries beginning with the precursors of the Wars
of Independence in the 19th century and the events taking place at the
close of the 20th century. (NTW)
207 History of Ancient Greece (3 credits) An introduction to the
history of the Greeks from their beginnings up to the death of Alexander.
The class examines the values and the ideas of these people; and their
literature and art are used in this undertaking as instruments of
discovery. (WHS)
208 History of Republican and Imperial Rome (3 credits) An
introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Romans from their
origins up to the death of Constantine. The class explores the life, beliefs,
and institutions of these people through an examination of their cultural
and political achievements. (WHS)
209 Medieval Europe (3 credits) This course traces the emergence of
Europe through the synthesis of Greek, Christian, Roman and Germanic
cultures. The survey will begin with the collapse of the Pax Romana in the
third century and conclude with the crisis of the 14 th century and its
immediate aftermath. The survey will focus on Western Europe, but the
class will discuss Byzantium and Islam as unique civilizations, which
profoundly influenced European culture. (WHS)
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