2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

HI 3480 The French Revolution andNapoleonic Era,1789–1815 3 creditsExamines the causes, events, consequencesand theories of the French Revolution andNapoleonic Era. Sub-topics include the role ofwomen in the French Revolution, the effectsof the Revolution on France’s colonies, law andwar under Napoleon and the effects of the conflicton the rest of Europe. Throughout, the erais considered as a crucial moment in modernizationand as a conflict among social classes.Explores various theoretical views of this muchtheorizedperiod. World Group. Spring of evenyears. (GACO)HI 3500 Europe in the 20thCentury3 creditsPre- and post-World War I as background forideologies and politics in 20th century Europe.World Group. (GACO)HI 3520 The Great Depression in Film,Print, and on Stage 3 creditsWith an emphasis on the United States,examines the Great Depression throughinterdisciplinary approaches: history, literature,film and theatre. Emphasizes ways theevents and themes of the period were experiencedand recorded; with special attentionpaid to issues related to American interpretationsof race, class, gender, ethnicity andideology extant in the period. US Group.Spring 2009. Prerequisite(s): junior status.(WRIT)(DICO)(INCO)(WRCO)the ‘new era’ of economic prosperity in a countrysuddenly ‘new’ – urbanized, according tothe 1920 Census, and populated with ‘newimmigrants.’ Was the decade so new and, ifso, how did it get that way? Explores the riseof the United States as an industrial giant, aworld power and a leading proponent of democracyat home and abroad. Using themes of race,class, ethnicity and ideology, examines historicaltopics such as the post-Civil War South,urbanization, political economies (Populism,Progressivism and Conservatism), ideals ofdemocracy and individualism, racism, foreignpolicies (such as the Spanish-AmericanWar and World War I) and, just what madethe Twenties “roar.” US Group. Fall 2008.(WRIT)(DICO)HI 3730 Modern History ofEast Asia3 creditsTwentieth century East Asia. Western imperialism,dissolution of Manchu China, Japan’s bidfor Oriental hegemony, the rise of the People’sRepublic of China. World Group. Spring 2008.(WRIT)(GACO)HI 3740 History of Japan 3 creditsA survey of political, social and cultural historyof Japan from its origin to the present,with emphasis on the modern time. Specialattention is given to the basic structure andcharacter of traditional Japanese society, theMeiji Restoration and its consequences andthe economic development of Japan after 1945.World Group. Fall 2008. (GACO)economy transforming India and the world,and the daunting fact that one in every sixhumans of the planet is South Asian. WorldGroup. Fall 2007. Prerequisite(s): junior status.(INTG)(GACO)(INCO)HI 3810 Topics in History 1–3 creditsSpecialized topics in history not normallycovered in depth in other history courses. USGroup. Occasionally.HI 3820 Topics in History 1–3 creditsSpecialized topics in history not normally coveredin depth in other history courses. WorldGroup. Occasionally. (GACO)HI 3826 Sex and Empire in ColonialIndia3 creditsInvites students to examine the popular, politicaland private representations of indigenousand foreign women who lived on the Indiansubcontinent during the 19th and 20th centuries.Explores the gendered politics of empirebuilding, studies the invention of women’s“traditions” (both English and indigenous), thesocial construction of Victorian femininity and“motherhood,” Indian women’s organization,resistance, activism and agency, legislativeefforts to regulate the sex lives of subalternpopulations and the personal politics of reproductionand intervention of the colonial state.Emphasizes how political power and impressionsof gender are shaped in an interconnectedand interdependent world. World Group.Spring 2008. (WRIT)(GACO)(WRCO)CoursesHI 3530 US Home Fronts: The 1940sand 1950s3 creditsUnited States society changed dramatically asthe nation moved toward World War II, foughtit and won. During the Great DepressionAmericans spoke of “the American way of life”filled with many forms of segregation and anentrenched economic order; afterwards, theyspoke of “the American Dream” filled withpromises of equality and progress. Using thethemes of race, class, gender and ethnicity,examines the changes Americans created asthey moved to fight a total war and wound-upfighting a cold one; all in the pivotal decadesof the 1940s and 1950s. US Group. Fall 2009.(WRIT)(DICO)(WRCO)HI 3540 Recent Times: The United States,1960–2000 3 creditsInvestigates the recent past that has shapedthe United States in which we live today. USGroup. (DICO)HI 3560 Gilded Ages? The United States:1873–1929 3 creditsThe “Roaring Twenties” saw the emergenceof the ‘new woman’ who could vote, the ‘newNegro movement’ establishing equality andHI 3750 History of ModernChina3 creditsA study of Chinese history from the mid-19thcentury, when China faced western challenge,to the present. The focus is on the westernimpacts and the Chinese responses, the riseand fall of the nationalist regime and the emergenceof China under the Communist government.World Group. Fall 2007. (GACO)HI 3760 History of SoutheastAsia3 creditsA study of the history of Malaysia, Vietnam,Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Indonesiaand the Philippines–with emphasis on theirearly beginnings to their independence. WorldGroup. Fall 2007. (GACO)HI 3765 India and the World 3 creditsAn interdisciplinary look at the history of theIndian subcontinent in global context, fromthe late 15th century until today. Several factorscompel Americans to study this region moreclosely and to understand its past relationshipwith world powers, including: the growthof South Asian communities in America,increasing nuclear tensions in the region, therise of fundamentalism, the booming hi-techHI 3828 Women and GlobalColonialism 3 creditsExamines the complex dynamic of gender as itrelated to women from non-western societiesduring periods of colonialism and post-independencenation-state formation. Examinesconcepts such as “third world women” and discusseshow such terms must be understood inthe context of world history and imperialism.Studies how gender is constructed in varioushistoric contexts through a variety of writtenand visual materials, including women’s personalaccounts, travel narratives, historicalessays and films. Emphasizes the economicand political contexts of particular women’smovements, as well as the ways in which genderedidentities are formed both at the localand global levels. While recognizing that thehistory of women in many parts of the worldhas been shaped by oppressive politics, patriarchiesand economic disadvantage, movesbeyond definitions of third world women as“victims;” looks at issues of women’s agency,resistance, cooperation, unionization and activism.World Group. Fall 2008. (GACO)274 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008