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City University of New York - Themes in American History

This course is designed to introduce students to the historical development of fundamental American political and social institutions through the close examination of a major theme in American history. Themes might include but are not restricted to the issue of divided political sovereignty in a federal system, the national experience of war, the changing demography of Americans, the frontier, rural-urban tensions, or reform movements in America. The course will also introduce students to the principles of historical inquiry through small-group projects, written exercises in evaluation of historical sources, and discussion of historical debates over interpretation and evidence.
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City University of New York - Themes in Global History to 1500 C.E.

This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will be examined among three areas of the globe, including Africa, the Near East, South and East Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the Americas.
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City University of New York - Themes in Global History Since 1500 C.E.

This course studies the historical development of fundamental cultural, political, and social institutions and traditions through the analysis of recurring themes in world history. To ensure a broad perspective and a comparative approach, trends will be examined in three areas of the globe, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe.
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City University of New York - History of American Civilization I

This course is a survey of American history from colonization through the Civil War. Key topics are the founding of the colonies, the development of the British Imperial System, and the emergence of a provincial American culture; the growth of representative government, constitution making, and the rise of political parties; the emergence of an industrial economy; the growth of cities; immigration; westward expansion; reform movements such as women's rights and abolition; and events through the Civil War.
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City University of New York - Modern American History

This course surveys United States history from the post-Civil War years to recent times. Topics include Reconstruction, industrialization, the growth of the United States as a world power, the prosperous twenties, the depressed thirties, and the issues and events of the decades since World War II.
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City University of New York - Introduction to the Religions of Asia

This course is an introduction to the major religions originating in southern and eastern Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. We will examine their basic doctrines, rituals, sacred and apocryphal literature, and religious art. The impact of these traditions on contemporary Asian societies will be examined from an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective.
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City University of New York - Ancient Greece

This course surveys the history of Greece from Homer to Socrates. Topics will include gods and goddesses; heroes, peasants, and slaves; colonies, law givers, and tyrants; Sparta against Athens; Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire; sex and the family; and philosophy.
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City University of New York - The Ancient World: Rome

A survey of Roman history from its origins to the fall of the Western Empire.
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City University of New York - Medieval Civilization

A study of the characteristic feature of European civilization in its formative period from the fifth to the fifteenth century with an emphasis on social, economic, political, and cultural institutions of lasting significance.
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City University of New York - Europe in the Age of the Renaissance

This course centers on the social and cultural history of Europe from 1350 to 1520 and examines the idea of "Renaissance", or rebirth of classical antiquity, through a range of topics, such as humanism, religious experience, family structure, constructions of gender, systems of communication, popular culture, and intellectual and scientific activities. The class will study a range of primary cultural artifacts, both written (Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Erasmus) and visual (van Eyck, Leonardo, and Raphael).
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City University of New York - Early Modern Europe, 1517-1715

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City University of New York - Europe in the Eighteenth Century

This course surveys the history of Europe in the eighteenth century. Topics will include the appearance of the idea of equality and its effect on the family, the relations of men and women, slavery, and politics; the power of privilege and the fight against it; commercial empires and commercial farming; and traditional Christianity and philosophical enlightenment.
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City University of New York - Europe in An Era of Revolution

A survey of European civilization from the late eighteenth century to the revolutions of 1848, focusing on the crisis of the Old Regime, the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, and the forces shaping the period 1815-1848.
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City University of New York - The Origins of Western Capitalism, 1400-1800

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City University of New York - Nineteenth Century Europe

This course explores the impact on European society and the world of the democratic and industrial revolutions. Topics include the effect of revolutionary political and economic changes on individuals, families, classes, cultures, and nations; the struggles for participation in government, for national autonomy and unification, and for economic well-being; the migrations of peoples; the relations between the Great Powers and their attempts to dominate each other and Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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City University of New York - Europe in the Early Twentieth Century

This course explores Europe in the early twentieth century. Topics include the historical development of Europe, its politics, society, and culture at the turn of this century; the First World War and its impact; the Russian Revolution and the modernization of the Soviet Union; the rise of Fascism; the Great Depression; the crisis of democratic Europe; and the Second World War and the aftermath of total war.
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City University of New York - Europe and the World Since 1945

This course surveys Europe's political, economic, and cultural role in the postwar world. Topics include the consequences of total war, decolonization, European recovery after World War II, the movement for western European unity, the creation of the Eastern European bloc, the Cold War from a European perspective, and the internal politics of individual European states.
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City University of New York - The Colonial Period in American History

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City University of New York - The Civil War and Reconstruction

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City University of New York - Modern America, 1880-1945

This course provides an in-depth study of the emergence of modern America. Special attention is given to such developments as industrialization and urbanization, the rise of corporate business and big unions, the prosperity and problems of the twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. It takes note of the ascendancy of national government, its conduct of foreign affairs, and its response of social and economic change.
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City University of New York - Recent America, 1945 to the Present

This course considers the United States from the end of World War II to the present. Among the topics to be discussed are the Cold War, McCarthyism, the "Silent Generation", VietNam, the antiwar movement and the counterculture of the sixties, the civil rights movement and the struggle of ethnic minorities, the women's movement, and the seventies as a decade of disillusionment and drift.
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City University of New York - Afro-American History

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City University of New York - Development of Civilization in Latin America

The development of civilization in Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present. This introductory course deals with the history of Latin America and emphasizes the major trends in the growth of its civilization.
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City University of New York - The Civilization of the Caribbean

This course provides a survey of Caribbean history from its Indian origins to the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on the pressure exerted by the area's proximity to the United States in relation to the independent status of Central America and Hispaniola, the ambiguous relationships with Cuba, and the territorial dependence of Puerto Rico. Special attention is given to the independent developments of each country that led to its particular Caribbean role.
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City University of New York - A Survey of Asian History

The course deals with the development of civilization in India, China, and Japan. It examines the nature of the traditional societies and ways in which each culture responded to the pressures created by westernization and modernization.
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