2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

162 The University of AlabamaHY 513 From the Mexican War through the Civil War. Three hours.Examines how Americans made war in the middle of the 19th century and how wagingwar affected the evolution of politics and society. Selesky.HY 515 The New South. Three hours.Modern his to ry of the South, with topics such as Reconstruction and Bourbon De moc ra cy,New South Creed, Populist Re volt, World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression, andSouthern politics. Dorr, Frederickson.HY 516 U.S. from Reconstruction to World War I. Three hours.Selected top ics relating to the development of the U.S., especially do mes tic affairs andthe growth of im por tant institutions. Beito.HY 517 U.S. from World War I through World War II. Three hours.Covers the par tic i pa tion of the U.S. in two world wars and the events of the in ter ven ingyears. Government, com merce, and in dus try receive attention and analysis.HY 521 American Legal History (same as LAW 772). Three hours.Critical history of Amer i can law and in sti tu tions, emphasizing the period since 1750.Freyer, Holt.HY 522 History of American Labor Law (same as LAW 617). Three hours.Problems in the le gal history of U.S. labor movements, including slavery law, the lawand the American worker, the labor con spir a cy doctrine, the labor injunction, and thegrowth of federal labor legislation and case law. Holt.HY 523 Constitutional History of the U.S. to 1877. Three hours.Deals with evolution of U.S. constitutional law and the nature and process of ju di cial review,in clud ing 18th-cen tu ry constitutional theory and Su preme Court de ci sions. Freyer.HY 524 Constitutional History of the U.S. since 1877. Three hours.Continuation of HY 523. Freyer.HY 525 Rise of Amer i ca to World Power. Three hours.Survey of American foreign policy from the Rev o lu tion to the Spanish-American Warof 1898. Jones.HY 526 U.S. as a World Power, 1898 to the Present. Three hours.Survey of American for eign policy from the Spanish-American War of 1898 to the present.Jones.HY 529 American South and South west, 1513–1821. Three hours.History of the Span ish ad vance into the present-day bor ders of the U.S., explaininghow Spain fought and fi nal ly succumbed to the more dynamic and aggressive Frenchand En glish. Clayton.HY 530 U.S. Economic History since the Colonial Period. Three hours.A survey of U.S. economic history from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis willbe placed on the role of business, social, and voluntary organizations. Beito.HY 534 U.S. Social History to 1865. Three hours.Topical survey of major social forces in the U.S., emphasizing the colonial experienceof Americans and its impact on future generations. Beito.HY 535 U.S. Social History since 1865. Three hours.Topical survey of major social forces, with particular emphasis on immigration, voluntaryassociation, and suburbanization. Beito.HY 541 History of the U.S.-Vietnam War. Three hours.A survey of the his tor i cal back ground of the confl ict in Indochina leading to U.S. involvement in that confl ict. Jones, Robel.HY 542 The Middle Ages. Three hours.Foundations of the modern world in barbarian Europe: retreat into the coun try side and privategovernment, recovery of public in sti tu tions, money economy, and cul tur al vitality.HY 543 Renaissance. Three hours.Intellectual movements as so ci at ed with the Re nais sance, with read ings in Machiavelli’sPrince, More’s Uto pia, and other hu man ist writings; so cial and economic life, religion,pol i tics, and statecraft. McClure.HY 544 Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Three hours.History of the sep a ra tion of Catholic and Prot es tant churches from the ideal of the universal Christian church; late-Medieval religious prac tice. McClure.