The origins, development and practice of the Nazi dictatorship as a model of right-wing authoritarianism. Every other year. Every other year. The National Period plus Panama and Belize are also covered. Social and economic roots of the region s problems will be stressed.
Topics vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated with a change of topic. Watch for special topics and faculty. This course covers the formative epochs of China s traditional history for its beginnings to the mid-nineteenth century. The course deals with the formation of a distinctive Chinese culture and polity as well as how that society was changed by interaction with other peoples and by internal transformations and innovations. The course ends with a consideration of the nature of Chinese society on the eve of the current era of revolution.