2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

History (HIST)The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a log3063 The Ancient Art of War. Traces the history of warfare from its originsthrough the ancient world to the beginning of the Middle Ages. (Sp) [IV-WC]3073 Women in Early Modern Europe. Prerequisite: junior standing.Examines the experience of women in Europe from c. 1350 to c. 1650.Examines ideas about women, life cycle, economic activity, education,exercise of power, and religion, noting the enhanced position of womenfrom c. 1350, following the Black Plague, and the decline in that positionwhich began c. 1500. (Irreg.)3083 The American Colonies. A history of the British colonies in NorthAmerica from the earliest discoveries and of the United States from theSecond Continental Congress to the inauguration of Washington in 1789.(Irreg.) [IV-WC]3093 The United States: Revolution and New Nation to 1815. TheAmerican Revolution and the development of political institutions underthe Articles of Confederation and the Constitution; innovations of theFederalists; domestic and foreign affairs. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3103 Slavery in World History. Prerequisite: junior standing. Examinesslavery and unfree labor from the earliest times in Mesopotamia to thepresent and includes an analysis of slavery in the American South and LatinAmerica. Also traces the history of the Abolition Movement. (Irreg.) [IV-NW]3113 The Crusades. Prerequisite: 1113 or 1613 or junior standing. Coverscrusades to the Holy Land and Europe against Moors, pagans, heretics, andenemies of the Pope. Topics include crusade ideology, relations betweenLatins, Byzantines, Jews and Muslims, crusader states, techniques ofwarfare, and the experience of crusading. (F) [IV-WC]3120 Topics in Modern European History. 1 to 5 hours. May be repeatedfor credit with change of content. Discussion of a selected special problemor problems in modern European history. (Irreg.)3123 War in European History. Prerequisite: 1223 or 1233. A study of theimpact of war on European history and the interaction of armies andsociety in the period from the fourteenth century to the present. [IV-WC]3133 Medieval Women. Prerequisite: 1113 or 1613 or junior standing.Covers social history of women in western Europe from late Antiquity tothe late Middle Ages. Topics include stages of life, marriage, families,occupation, law, power, health, religion, love, and education. (F) [IV-WC]3143 The Era of the Reformation. An analysis of the forces leading to thereligious upheaval in the sixteenth century and the spread of Protestantismin Northern European countries; the Catholic Reformation or Reaction;Thirty Years War; and the relation of the Reformation Era to medieval andmodern civilization. (F) [IV-WC]3153 The Great War, 1914–18. Prerequisite: 1233 or 1623. Examines thecauses, conduct, and consequences of World War I, with primary emphasison its cultural impact. (F) [IV-WC]3163 Europe from the French Revolution to Napoleon. A social, political,military and cultural treatment of Europe from 1789 to 1815. Appropriateattention will also be given to causes of the French Revolution. (Sp) [IV-WC]3173 The Emergence of Modern European Society, 1815 to 1870. Mainemphasis is upon reaction, liberalism and nationalism in Europe from theCongress of Vienna to the fall of the Second Empire. Social, political,military and cultural trends are examined. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3183 Europe in the Age of Imperialism, 1870 to 1914. Political, socialand military history of Europe with particular attention to World War I andits origins. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3193 Europe in the Twentieth Century. Major topics include World War Iand the postwar settlements; the breakdown of democracy and the rise oftotalitarian states; origins and course of World War II; and postwar Europeand the Cold War. (F) [IV-WC]3203 European Diplomacy Since 1815. A study of diplomatic relationsamong the European powers from the Congress of Vienna to the present.(Irreg.) [IV-WC]3213 Intellectual History of Nineteenth-Century Europe. Examination ofthe impact on European social and political development of concepts suchas Nationalism, Imperialism, Socialism and Darwinism. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3223 Intellectual History of Twentieth-Century Europe. A general surveyof the major intellectual developments in Western Europe since 1900,including the areas of social thought, religious thought, political philosophy,scientific thought, literature and drama. In each area the relationship ofintellectual expression will be related to the historical context from which itemerged. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3233 Modern Spain. Prerequisite: junior standing. Examines the political,economic, social, and cultural aspects of modern Spanish history(1808-present) and will attempt to place Spain within the context ofEuropean history, where it has often been ignored by European historians.(F, Su) [IV-WC]3243 European Women and Gender Relations-18th Century to Present.Prerequisite: 1233 or 1623. Explores the social, cultural, political, andeconomic history of European women and gender relations from theScientific Revolution to the present. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3253 Hitler and Nazi Germany. Prerequisite: 1233. Focuses on the man,the part, and the regime. Hitler’s personality and ideological beliefs, theparty’s growth and membership, and the regime’s structure and policiesare investigated. The topics are discussed within the context of Germanhistory and political, social, and economic developments in 20 th centuryEurope. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3263 Germany 1800-1923: The Long Nineteenth Century. Prerequisite:junior standing. This course surveys modern Germany’s passage frompre-industrial feudalism at the beginning of the modern period, throughnational unification under an authoritarian empire, to its first unsuccessfuldemocratic experiment in the aftermath of war and defeat in the 1920’s.(Irreg.) [IV-WC]3273 History of Ireland, Part I. Examines the early history of Ireland fromthe third century to 1600. Looks at early tribal culture, the advent ofChristianity and its effect, the struggle for national unification, and relationswith England. (Sp) [IV-WC]3283 History of Ireland, Part II. Examines the history of Ireland from1600 to the present day. Looks at the British conquest of Ireland,subsequent Anglo-Irish relations, events leading to Irish independence, andthe origins and causes of present day sectarian violence. (Sp-alternate) [IV-WC]3290 Topics in British History. 1 to 5 hours. May be repeated for creditwith change of content. Discussion of a selected special problem orproblems in British history. (Irreg.)3293 Antisemitism. Prerequisite: junior standing. Covers the history ofantisemitism, the world’s oldest prejudice, from the Middle Ages to thepresent, with emphasis on the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Topics includeantisemitism’s religious and social roots, the Inquisition, the Holocaust,antisemitism of the right and left, and ethnic, black, and “genteel”antisemitism. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3303 Women in North Africa. Prerequisite: junior standing. Survey aspectsof the lives of traditional and modern women in North Africa from the turnof the 20th century to the present. The course will look at Muslim (Araband Berber) and Jewish women in both rural and urban settings in thepre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. In addition to lecturesand readings, the classes will be augmented with documentary and artisticfilms. (F) [IV-NW]3313 Israeli Culture through Film. Prerequisite: junior standing orpermission of department. Introduces students to the Israeli culture in itsmodern day context of the young Jewish state. Focuses on the dynamicmosaic of this multi-faceted society which is still evolving. (Sp) [IV-NW]3323 Tudor England. A study of England from 1485 to 1603. Topicscovered include the establishment of the Tudor dynasty, Tudor administrativeand political development, the English Reformation, foreign and colonialrelations, economic growth, and sixteenth-century social and cultural life.(F) [IV-WC]3333 Stuart England. A study of England from the accession of James I in1603 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. Topics covered includeeconomic change and growth, colonial development, the Puritanrevolution, constitutional and religious controversies following theRestoration, and social and intellectual developments. (Sp) [IV-WC]3343 Eighteenth-Century England. A discussion of the domestic politics,society, economy, foreign affairs and constitutional and imperial developmentof England from the accession of the Hanoverians in 1714 to the passage ofthe First Reform Act of 1832. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3353 England Since 1832. Topical analysis of major developments inBritish life since 1832, including growth of political democracy, adaptationto industrialism, social and cultural change, foreign affairs, imperialism,growth of the welfare state. Britain’s changed role in the twentieth century.(Irreg.) [IV-WC]3363 Legal and Constitutional History of England I. The first part of acourse of lectures on the development of the English constitution, and oflegal concepts, institutions and procedures from the Anglo-Saxons to thepresent. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]103 Course Descriptions