After examining the early history of American diplomacy, this course will focus on the modern era. Topics discussed include the emergence of the United States as a great power, American participation in the World Wars, the Cold War era and the process of decolonization, and Vietnam. The relationship between domestic politics and American diplomacy will also be explores. One 200-level course in history, political science or sociology and anthropology. A selective study of South America from pre-Columbian times through the present.
Primary emphasis is place on Argentina, Peru and Colombia.
The historical background of contemporary issues. Introduction to the study of local history. Emphasis will be placed on both the study of individual communities over the course of their history and the ways in which individual communities are a part of the wider sweep of historical trends and events. An exploration of the ways in which immigration has shaped American society. A study of broad intellectual movements in American history, such as Calvinism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Darwinism and Pragmatism, as well as their influence on literary and popular culture.