Grades are based on one paper and participation in the course. This course seeks to show how the history of major international conflicts such as the First World War must be understood multidimensionally. It begins with military and diplomatic developments, the traditional categories of investigation. There will be two 6-8 page papers plus a somewhat longer essay toward the end of the course. B-2 A research seminar in which the major project will be producing a history of the Albany Common Council.
Important emphasis is placed on mastering such intricacies as proper reference note construction.
Word-processing skills are definitely desirable. Course grade is based on the quality of the completed seminar paper. This course will focus on the changing government policies in American history toward various private behaviors. We will read at least a monograph a week. Social and cultural historians, moreover, are helping to stimulate a reconceptualized study of politics.