This course provides the student with the materials for understanding the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of the American colonial past. The emphasis is on American culture from the 1790s to the 1890s. Culture is defined broadly as perceptions of social reality. The focus is, therefore, on the ways in which Americans have responded to and interpreted the meaning of a variety of social, political, and economic developments. The emphasis is on American culture from the 1890s to the present.
Culture is defined broadly as perceptions of social reality.
The focus is, therefore, on the ways in which Americans have responded to and interpreted the meaning of a variety of social, political, and economic developments. An introductory survey of ancient to early modern history up to the Renaissance. Course focuses on such topics as the ancient Near Eastern heritage, origins of Greek civilization, Classical Greece, Roman Republic and Empire, legacy of Judaism and beginnings of Christianity, transformation of the Roman world and the origins of the Middle Ages, emergence of church and papacy, Germanic kingdoms, development of medieval institutions, Islamic expansion, and the Renaissance and Reformation. An introductory survey of ancient to early modern history up to the Renaissance. This course covers the same topics as HI110, but places a great emphasis on reading, discussion, and writing.