SURVEY COURSES

 1311 THE UNITED STATES, 1607-1865

             CLARK                       Section 001                MWF   8:00-8:50am  

This course is a limited chronicle of the United States.  It begins with a discussion of the reasons for European expeditions to the New World and culminates with an examination of the events of Reconstruction.  The course surveys, political, economic, religious, social and intellectual changes during the United States' advancement from colony to fledgling nation to a country healing from civil war.  

Books:  TBA  

Course Requirements:  TBA  

            MAIZLISH                   Section 002                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

The main emphasis of this course will be on race relations, sectional conflict, and the political and economic development of the new nation.  This course will make extensive use of the internet.  All required assignments and most optional assignments will be web-based.  Internet links will give students direct access to a vast collection of required and optional primary source materials in both graphic and text form.  

Books:  Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

             Douglass, Narrative of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

            Internet readings linked from the course web page.  

Course Requirements:  There will be objective quizzes based exclusively on the readings, and one midterm based on the readings and the lectures.  A final examination at the end of the semester will cover both the readings and the lectures.  

DULANEY                  Section 003                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865. This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books: TBA  

Course requirements: TBA  

RODNITZKY              Section 004                MWF   11:00-11:50am  

Main emphasis is on American Culture (the development of peculiarly American ways of doing things) and social issues that are relevant today.  Folk music and the media are used to display American attitudes and give a feel for historical time and place.  

Books:  Brinkley, Unfinished Nation

             Davidson, After the Fact  

Course requirements:  Three one-hour exams and a final exam  

            HAYNES                     Section 005                MW      1:00-2:20pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Brinkley, Unfinished Nation

             Haynes, James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse

             Morgan, Meaning of Independence

             Northrup, Twelve Years a Slave  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            CLARK                       Section 006                MW      7:00-8:20pm  

This course is a limited chronicle of the United States.  It begins with a discussion of the reasons for European expeditions to the New World and culminates with an examination of the events of Reconstruction.  The course surveys political, economic, religious, social and intellectual changes during the United States' advancement from colony to fledging nation to a country healing from civil war.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

TUCKER                    Section 007                TR       8:00-9:20am  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books: TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            PINKNEY                   Section 008                TR       9:30-10:50am  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experiences, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Carnes & Garrity, American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation

             Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  

Course requirements:   

            COLE                          Section 009                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865 with special emphasis on the cultural and political development in the colonial period and early republic.  

Books:  Faragher, Out of Many  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            COLE                          Section 010                TR       12:30-1:50pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865 with special emphasis on the cultural and political development in the colonial period and early republic.  

Books:  Faragher, Out of Many  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            KOSC                         Section 011                TR       7:00-8:20pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experiences, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Goldfield, American Journey

             Anderson, The War that Made America

             McPherson, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War  

Course requirements:  TBA

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1312 THE UNITED STATES, 1865-PRESENT  

            BREUER                    Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

This section surveys U.S. History since 1865 with particular emphasis on social and cultural history and historical geography.  

Books:  Wood, Created Equal

             Broesamle, Clashes of Will

             Davidson, They Say

            Caputo, Rumor of War  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            BREUER                    Section 002                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

This section surveys U.S. History since 1865 with particular emphasis on social and cultural history and historical geography.  

Books:  Wood, Created Equal

             Broesamle,  Clashes of Will

             Davidson, They Say

             Caputo, Rumor of War  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            BREUER                    Section 003                MWF   11:00-11:50am  

This section surveys U.S. History since 1865 with particular emphasis on social and cultural history and historical geography.  

Books:  Wood, Created Equal

             Broesamle, Clashes of Will

             Davidson, They Say

             Caputo, Rumor of War  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            PHILP                         Section 004                MW      1:00-2:20pm  

This class covers the period from the Civil War to the present.  It focuses on race relations, economic growth, imperialism, global conflict, and political reform.  

Books:  Boyer, The Enduring Vision

             Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

             Caputo, Rumor of War  

Course requirements:  Regular class attendance, taking careful notes, and answering study questions from book assignments.  Two book essay tests.  Test questions on mid-semester and final exam will be drawn from the lecture material and textbook: The Enduring Vision.  

T. J. SULLIVAN                  Section 005                TR       9:30-10:50am  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            PINKNEY                   Section 006                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Carnes & Garrity, American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            PINKNEY                   Section 007                TR       12:30-1:50pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Carnes & Garrity, American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            CLARK                       Section 008                TR       5:30-6:50pm  

An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865.  This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills.  

Books:  Roark, The American Promise

             Caputo, Rumor of War

             Tygiel, Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism  

Course requirements:  TBA  

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2301 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION  

            KYLE                          Section 001                MW      1:00-2:20pm  

Significant developments from the dawn of mankind through ancient and medieval times up to the 16th century as part of Western civilization.  Emphasis on great civilizations, major historical figures and periods, important religions and ideas, factors of change and continuity.  

Books:  Spielvogel, Western Civilization

             Beatty, Heritage of Western Civilization

             Sandars, Epic of Gilgamesh  

Course requirements:  Objective tests (x2), mid-term exam (objective and essay), final exam (objective and essay).  

            DAVIS-SECORD        Section 002                TR       9:30-10:50am  

This course will trace the development of civilization in the West from the first human settlements in the ancient Near East, to the Greek and Roman worlds and their legacies in the Middle Ages, and up to the early modern period in Europe (the early sixteenth century). Courses lectures, readings, and discussions will focus primarily on what we call "Western" civilization, but always with a view to connections and comparisons between the West and the rest of the world.  Major themes of this course will include the development and diffusion of monotheistic religions, the various models for social organization, the development of political and economic structures that gained prominence and power, and the cultural and intellectual heritage of the Western World.  

Books:  Coffin, Western Civilizations

             Brophy, Perspectives from the Past  

Course requirements:  1. Attendance and participation in course discussions (10%)

2. Two mid-term exams (25% each)  3. Final exam (40%).

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2302 HISTORY OF C IVILIZATION  

HAS-ELLISON           Section 001                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

Major modern trends such as industrialism, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, and the more complex problems and conflicts of the present century.  Particular attention to the emergency of a global civilization.  Provides a foundation for understanding our heritage and shared values, and introduces students to the historical forces that have shaped today's world.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            GARRIGUS                Section 002                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

Major modern trends such as industrialism, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, and the more complex problems and conflicts of the present century.  Particular attention to the emergence of a global civilization.  Provides a foundation for understanding our heritage and shared values, and introduces students to the historical forces that have shaped today's world.   

Books:  Allen, World History form 1500

             Armstrong, Islam: A Short History  

Course requirements: TBA

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2313 HISTORY OF ENGLAND TO 1688  

            PALMER                     Section 001                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

English history from the Roman conquest of Britain to Parliament's conquest of the British monarchy.  This course will trace the rise of Britain from its status as a remote corner of the Roman Empire to its emergence as a leading European nation on the eve of its own empire.  Emphasis in this course will be on political and constitutional history specifically the growth of the monarchy, the nation state, and Parliament.  

Books:  Hollister, Making of England to 1399

             Smith, This Realm of England

             Tey, Daughter of Time  

Course requirements:  In-class essay exam, multiple choice exam, take-home essay (4-5 pages), and the comprehensive essay final exam.  Each of the above counts 25% of final course grade.  One student role-playing session (end of semester) and 2-3 page character paper.  Attendance:  Taken daily.  Final grade lowered proportional to the student's record of unexcused, excessive absences.

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2314 HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM 1688-PRESENT 

            CAWTHON                 Section 001                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

This course is a survey of English history from the era of English New World expansion to the present.  Class lectures will place emphasis on the emergence of parliamentary institutions in England.  We will also be concerned with historical changes in the lives of ordinary English people––some of those changes having been based in "great events" such as the English Civil War, and World War I, for instance, and others occurring through longer-term processes such as population growth, industrialization, and imperial conquest.

Books:  Willcox, The Age of Aristocracy

             Arnstein, Britain Yesterday and Today

             Defoe, Moll Flanders

             Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier  

Course requirements:  Students will select a combination of assignments, as described in the syllabus, to complete the course requirements.  The types of assignments include: weekly quizzes, book reviews and essay and in-class examinations.  With instructor's permission, students may earn Honor credit. 

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ADVANCED COURSES

 3300 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL RESEARCH  

            MORRIS                     Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

Introduction to the methods that historians use to conduct research and present their findings in written and oral form.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

            PHILP                         Section 002                MWF   11:00-11:50am  

This class introduces students to the discipline of history and methods historians use to conduct and publish their research.  Students will learn about the nature of history, primary and secondary sources material, library resources, and electronic information available to historians.  They will make class presentations, write a book review, and complete a research paper.  

Books:  Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History

             Cantor, How to Study History

             Iverson, We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century  

Course requirements:  Regular class attendance, class assignments 20%, oral presentation 10%, book review 20% and research paper 50%.  

            PALMER                     Section 003                MW      1:00-2:20pm  

This course is required for all History majors.  Dr. Palmer’s course focuses on an important aspect of the history of Ireland.   

England ruled the nearby island of Ireland for many centuries. By the early 1800s many people in Ireland were poor and their diet consisted only of the potatoes they grew on small plots of land.  Ireland’s population grew quickly, and by 1845 more than eight million people lived on the island.  

But what if something bad happened to the potato crop?   When a fungus destroyed Ireland’s potatoes in the 1840s, the result was catastrophic:  “the great Irish potato

famine.”  In just a half dozen years one million people died and one million left the country (emigrated).   

Did the English government do enough to help?  What did it do specifically to relieve this widespread suffering?  Did English policy amount to genocide or ethnic cleansing?  Our class this Fall will try to answer these questions as we learn how historians think and work, read the assigned books on Irish history, and research and write a paper using both Inter-Library Loan resources and sources available right here in the UT Arlington Library.  

Books:  Marius, A Short Guide to Writing About History

             Gray, Irish Famine

             Kissane, The Irish Famine: A Documentary History

             Donnelly, The Great Irish Potato Famine  

Course requirements:  Student reports on reading assignments, classroom discussion, and supervised research and a 15-20 page paper written using primary materials at UT Arlington.  Grading: Attendance 20%; Reading reports, oral and written 20%; Research paper: first draft 25%; final draft 35%.  

            RODNITZKY              Section 004                MW      5:30-6:50pm  

This course centers on the nature, writing and interpretation of history.  Readings on these subjects are discussed, and a research paper is completed.  

Books:  Zinn, Politics of History

             Weidenborner, Writing Research Papers  

Course requirements:  Research paper on an aspect of American history since 1945 and class discussion on historical interpretation, bias and writing.  

            REINHARDT              Section 005                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

Introduction to the theories that underlie the discipline of history, the varieties of specialties within the field, and the methods and problems of historical research and writing.  Required for history majors.  

Books:  Benjamin, Student's Guide to History, 10th ed.

             Hacker, Pocket Manual of Style, 4th ed.  

Course requirements:  A 10-minute oral presentation of student's proposed topic along with a 3-page prospectus.  A 15-minute oral presentation of the results of student's research along with a rough draft of the research paper. Final version of students research paper (approx. 15 pages in length).  

            GOLDBERG              Section 006                TR       12:30-1:50pm  

This course explores the "historian's craft," first, by confronting and discussing the abstract questions all historians must come to terms with: What is history?  How do historians know?  What does history teach?  Why does the historian's understanding change over time?  What is good history?  How does history differ from memory?  Then, all students will be presented with the challenge and opportunity of conceiving and carrying out a primary-source research project from beginning to end.  Students may have some flexibility with the paper topic, although it must coincide with my area of expertise and it must be a topic for which the sources are readily available in some metroplex library or online.  This major assignment is intended to force student's once in their college experience, to grapple with the same issues that professional historians deal with: finding and evaluating sources, constructing a convincing historical argument, writing in clear, precise, engaging prose.  

 Books:  Wood, The Purpose of the Past

              Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations  

Course requirements:  TBA

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 UPPER LEVEL COURSES - UNITED STATES

3317 AMERICAN LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY  

            PREWITT                   Section 001                TR       9:30-10:50am  

Law, constitutions, legal institutions, and legal profession - the rule of law as an integral part of U.S. development and direction.  The emphasis is on tracing how the needs of a new land changes laws.  

Books:  Hall, The Magic Mirror

             Newmyer, Supreme Court Under Marshall and Taney  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3321 COLONIAL AMERICA TO 1763  

T.L. SULLIVAN                  Section 001                TR       5:30-6:50pm  

The beginnings of colonization in North America; the development of colonies and their political, social, economic, and culture aspects; and the international ramifications culminating in the Great War for the Empire and the Treaty of Paris in 1763.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3323 THE NEW NATION  

            HAYNES                     Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

The development of the national government, the party system, the market economy, and the reform movements from Jefferson through Jackson.  The birth of modern American society and personality, with special emphasis on changing views of man, community, and society.  

Books: TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3324 COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1820-1860  

            MAIZLISH                   Section 001                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

Our country has known no greater tragedy than the American Civil War.  The causes of this War have fascinated students of American history from the day the conflict began to our time.  Our course will examine the causes of the Civil War, paying particular attention to such topics as: the institution of slavery, the antislavery movement, the issue of slave expansion, and the origins of the Republican Party.  The course will be organized around classroom discussions and lectures.  

Books:  Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

             Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

             Dew, Apostles of Disunion

             Johnson, Soul by Soul

             Cashin, A Family Venture

             Waugh, On the Brink of Civil War  

Course requirements:  There will be objective quizzes based exclusively on the readings and two mid-terms based on the readings and the lectures.  A final examination at the end of the semester will cover both the readings and the lectures.  

3327 THE NEW SOUTH  

            MORRIS                     Section 001                MWF   11:00-11:50am  

See instructor  

Books: TBA  

Course requirements: TBA  

3342 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN, 1945-PRESENT  

            PHILP                         Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

This course centers on the origins of the Cold War, the problems of loyalty in a democratic state, the Vietnam conflict, the Fair Deal and domestic reform programs, the Civil Rights Movement, the New Left and New Right protest movements, and the impact of Richard Nixon and subsequent presidents on American politics.  

Books:  Patterson, On Every Front: The Making of the Cold War

             Robeson, Here I Stand

             Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and The American Dream

             Caputo, A Rumor of War  

Course requirements:  Regular class attendance, essay exams on required reading 30%, mid-semester exam 30%, and final exam 40%.  

3363 TEXAS HISTORY TO 1850  

            HAYNES                     Section 001                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

A study of the multi-cultural heritage of Texas from the pre-Columbian period to statehood.  Major topics will include American tribal societies, Spanish exploration and colonization, the Mexican period, the Texas Revolution, the Texas Republic, and statehood.  Readings and class lectures will emphasize the state's diverse cultural heritage, and the ways in which this diversity has been dealt with by Texas historians.  

Books:  Campbell, Sam Houston and the American Southwest

             Haynes, Major Problems in Texas History

             Olson, A Line in the Sand  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3364 TEXAS HISTORY SINCE 1845  

            GREEN                       Section 001                TR       9:30-10:50am  

The lectures, the readings and a movie or two, emphasize Texas' political, economic, and literary history since statehood in 1845.  

Books:  DeLeon, Mexican Americans in Texas

             Green, The Establishment in Texas Politics

             Procter, The Texas Heritage  

Course requirements: My goal is to teach you to think critically about Texas history.  There will be two tests and a final exam, all comprised of multiple choice questions and perhaps essay questions from the readings.  The multiple choice questions come from class notes and readings.  A term paper is required, c. 15 pp. plus endnotes, with ten sources or more.  The paper may be on any post-statehood Texas topic.  Sources should be cited on the average of about one footnote per paragraph.  The bibliography should be listed at the back of the paper. If the term paper is submitted by Nov. 13th, I will critique it and it may be resubmitted for a higher grade. Otherwise, the paper is due Dec. 2nd.  Each of the two tests, the final, and the term paper counts 25% of your grade.  

3365 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865  

DULANEY                  Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

History of blacks in America from their African origins to 1865.  Emphasis on early African society, American slavery, and the development of black institutions and culture in the U.S.  

Books: TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3368 MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY  

            TREVIÑO                   Section 001                MW      1:00-2:20pm  

This course is an overview of the History of Mexican-origin people in the United States.  Students will be introduced to the Amerindian, Spanish, and Mexican antecedents of Mexican-American history but the course will focus mainly on ideas, events, and personalities from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.  Course format and activities may include lectures, films, guest speakers, and structured small-group discussions.  Also listed as MAS 3368; credit will be granted only once.  

Books:  DeLeón, They Called Them Greasers

             Villarreal, Pocho

             Treviño, The Church in the Barrio

              Meier, Mexican Americans/American Mexicans  

Course requirements:  Three quizzes, a mid-term exam and a final exam.  

3373 U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY 1860-PRESENT  

            GREEN                       Section 001                TR       12:30-1:50pm  

The rise of America as a world industrial power.  The growth of corporate capitalism, organized labor, government regulation, the welfare state and a consumer society.  

Books:  Dubofsky, Labor in America

             McCraw, American Business, 1920-2000

             Heilbroner, Economic Transformation of America           

Course requirements:  My goal in this course is to teach you to think critically about business, labor, and government in the making of U.S. economic history.  There will be two tests and a final exam.  Multiple choice and essay questions will come from class notes and the readings.  

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UPPER LEVEL COURSES-NON-US

3374 ANCIENT GREECE  

            KYLE                          Section 001                TR       12:30-1:50pm  

This course examines the origins, development, spread, problems and achievements of ancient Greek states and empires.  Most emphasis will center on the political history democracy and imperialism, the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, etc.  

Books:  Pemeroy, Ancient Greece

             Homer, Iliad of Homer (Lattimore trans.)

             Herodotus, The Histories (Selincourt trans.)

             Thucydides, Peloponnesian War (Warner trans.)  

Course requirements:  Lessons will include lectures, class discussions, and ancient sources in translation.  Class requirements include objective quizzes and a mid-term and final exam with essay questions  

3382 REVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN HISTORY  

            REINHARDT              Section 001                TR       9:30-10:50am  

A comparative examination of the major revolutions that occurred between 1640 (in England) and 1850 (in Europe) is the main goal of this course.  Although we focus primarily on the causes of the revolutions, we trace their development and consequences as well.  We also review the work of major theorists who tried to explain how economic and social changes contributed to political upheaval.  We begin by examining the origins of the first "modern" revolution, the English Revolution of 1640-60, and then focus on the French Revolution of 1789, which many consider the most significant of modern revolutions.  Finally, we consider the mixed legacies of the unsuccessful Revolutions of 1848-51.  

Books:  Heilbroner, Worldly Philosophers

             Kishlansky, Monarchy Transformed

             Sperber, Revolutionary  Europe, 1780-1850  

Course requirements:  TBA  

3389 WORLD WAR II           

            RICHMOND               Section 001                MW      5:30-6:50pm  

Global in scope, massive in destruction rich in historic deed, World War II is the most devastating recorded conflict.  This course concentrates on the origins of the war, U.S. mobilization, the Holocaust and the Soviet-German conflagration.  

Books:  Lyons, World War II: A Short History

             Marrus, Holocaust in History

             Stone, Spain, Portugal and the Great Powers  

Course requirements:  Two essay exams, 50 points each, one book review (5-7 pages)

40 points, final exam 60 points.  

4348 ENGLAND 1714-1848  

            PALMER                     Section 001                MWF   9:00-9:50am  

So much happened so quickly.  Students will examine England from the comfort of aristocracy to the challenge of democracy; from the age of stability to the era of social protest and turbulence; from gentlemen's wars to wars of ideology (the French Revolution); from a society based on agriculture to one enriched by industry; from widespread country life to concentrated city life; and of course, Ireland, Ireland––what to do about Ireland?  All this, and more, rapidly unfolded between 1688 and 1848.  Come take the tour.  

Books:  Heyck, Peoples of the British Isles from 1688 to 1870 (textbook)

             Gray, The Irish Famine

             Chase, Chartism: A New History  

Course requirements:  One in-class essay exam, one multiple-choice exam, one take-home essay.  Comprehensive essay final exam.  Each counts 25% of final course grade.  One students role-playing session (end of semester) and 2-3 page character paper.  Attendance: Taken daily.  Final grade lowered proportional to the student's record of unexcused absences.  

4357 MODERN GERMANY,             1918-2000  

            ADAM                          Section 001                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

This course will introduce students to Germany history of the "short" twentieth century.  Equal weight will be given to the first German Republic (the Weimar Republic), the Nazi Dictatorship, and Divided Germany.  One of the main theses of the class is that Germany remained a divided national throughout the twentieth century.  To illustrate this and other themes, we will look to the approaches of every-day life history, social and cultural history, and political history.  

Books:  Weitz, Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

             Fulbrook, The Divided Nation: A History of Germany

             Stackelberg, Hitler's Germany: Origins, Interpretations, Legacies

             Leitz, The Third Reich

             Noakes, Nazism 1919-1945: Rise to Power  

Course requirements: 

For History students: Class participation 10%, tests 30%, review quizzes 40% and movie reviews 20%.

For German students: Translation 20%, tests 20%, review quizzes 40% and movie reviews 20%.  

4360 HISTORY OF RUSSIA SINCE 1855  

            HAS-ELLISON           Section 001                MWF   11:00-11:50am  

A survey of Russian history from the reign of Alexander II to the present.  Special attention to such topics as the decline of Imperial Russia, the rise of the revolutionary spirit, and the emergence, consolidation, and development of the Soviet state.  

            Books:  TBA  

            Course requirements:  TBA  

4368 HISTORY OF MEXICO  

            RICHMOND               Section 001                MWF   10:00-10:50am  

Mexican history from its pre-colonial indigenous foundation to the current situation.  A social and economic analysis of the major events in Mexican history with an emphasis upon the 19th and 20th centuries.  The major theme in this class is the growth of Mexican nationalism and its relation to region, religion, and ethnicity.  

Books:  Richmond, The Mexican Nation

             Francaviglia/Richmond, Dueling Eagles

             León-Portilla, The Broken Spears  

Course requirements:  Two essay exams, 50 points each.  One book review (5-7 pages), 40 points.  Final exam 60 points.  

4375 AFRICAN HISTORY  II

HARRIS                      Section 001                TR       8:00-8:50am  

Africa from the "Scramble for Africa" through the establishment of the various colonial systems, through the beginnings of African nationalism, to the contemporary period.   The African Revolution and the development of the independent African states.  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

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HISTORY 4388 SELECTED TOPICS

4388 ANCIENT EGYPT  

            CLARK                       Section 001                MW      7:00-8:20pm  

This course will examine the history of Ancient Egypt from the pre-dynastic period through the Roman conquest of Egypt during the reign of Cleopatra.  In addition to Egypt's history, subjects covered will include architecture (the Pyramids and temple complexes), art, religion, daily life, as well as the development of writing, technology, literature, and medicine.  Attention is also given to the role of archaeologists in the 19th and 20th century as well as the importance of Egypt to the development of Western Civilization.  

Books:  Brewer, Egypt and the Egyptians

             Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh

             Grant, Cleopatra

             Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt  

Course requirements:  TBA  

4388 MEDIEVAL TRAVELERS  

            DAVIS-SECORD        Section 002                TR       11:00-12:20pm  

Exploration, survival, profit, belief: medieval people traveled for a wide variety of reasons to places both within Europe and beyond its borders.  During all periods of the Middle Ages, we find evidence that pilgrims, merchants, preachers, warriors, and others left their homes and traveled to places both near and far.  Some would return, and share their impressions with others by means of geographical treatises, crusade narratives, or pilgrimage handbooks.  Others, such as some crusaders, merchants, and emigrants, permanently or semi-permanently relocated to a new region.  In all of these cases, the act of travel involved the travelers in larger processes of interaction and exchange between cultures.  In this course, we will explore the accounts of several medieval travelers with an eye to understanding how their voyages serve as examples of cultural contact, communication, exchange, or diffusion of ideas.  The units will focus on different geographical regions, and what motivated people to travel to, from, or within each region.   

Books:  Verdon, Travel in the Middle Ages

            Marco Polo, The Travels

            Phillips, The Medieval Expansion of Europe  

Course requirements: 1. Class participation and discussion.  In order to aid in the discussion of assigned texts, I ask that you prepare a short, typed, response (1 page, double spaced) to each day's reading.  These should present questions, observations, and analysis of the texts. 25%.  2. Paper: one 5-7 page essay 25%.  3. Class presentation 25%.  4. Final exam 25%.    

4388 U.S. DISABILITY HISTORY  

ROSE                         Section 003                TR       7:00-8:20pm  

Twenty percent of Americans have a disability, but the experiences of most disabled people are invisible to us.  This course will explore the changing lives of people with disabilities—ranging from steel workers to inmates of state idiot asylums—as well as the history of disability policy and conceptions of disability.  Rather than treating disability as merely a medical impairment, we will investigate the historical and cultural variability of disability during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Our explorations in disability history will also offer new ways of looking at classic topics in American history, such as citizenship, work, social policy, education, and the civil rights movement.   

Books:  

Berkowitz, Disabled Policy:  America’s Programs for the Handicapped  

Groce, Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language:  Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard

Longmore and Umansky, The New Disability History:  American Perspectives  

Longmore, Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability  

Trent, Jr., Inventing the Feeble Mind:  A History of Mental Retardation in the United States  

Course requirements:  

1) Class participation and discussion, 20%.  2) Three 3 page essays, 30%.  3) Take-home midterm exam, 20%.  4) Take-home final exam 30%.

4388 BYZANTINE PORTRAITS  

            LACKNER                  Section 004                S          9:00-11:50am  

It is always fruitful to study Byzantine history.  Unlike many other states, the Byzantine Empire survived for some 1200 years.  This was in large measure due to its stable foundations:  its well-balanced government, its advanced social system and not least its outstanding intellectual, cultural and religious achievements.   Through the centuries, the Byzantines had been blessed with truly great minds in every important field, such as history, government, law, literature, education, the fine arts, philosophy and religion.  This course will examine in great detail the contributions of both men and women(!), including Eusebius, Procopius, Photius, Psellus, Anna Comnena and others. They left an enduring legacy.  This enlightens and enriches also us and offers valuable lessons for becoming truly educated, and thus better students or human beings.  

Books:  Browning, The Byzantine Empire

             Psellus, Fourteen Byzantine Rulers

             Basil, On the Human Condition (optional)  

Course requirements:  TBA  

4388 HOLY WARS: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION  

            HAVENS                     Section 007                TR       8:00-8:50am  

Books:  TBA  

Course requirements:  TBA  

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