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  • HIST059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST060 PO - Asian Traditions

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
    Credit: 1

    Historical introduction to the civilizations of China, India, Korea and Japan. Examines major institutional, social and cultural developments from pre-history to 1500: the advent of sedentary agriculture, urbanization, the emergence of the first states, class relations, important religious and philosophical changes and the formation of distinctive cultural identities. (Core course, Asia)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  

  • HIST061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST062 PO - Modern East Asia: China, Japan and Korea in 20th Century

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Chin
    Credit: 1

    History of China, Japan and Korea from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Focuses on transnational themes, such as revolution, colonialism and modernity that have shaped the politics and identities of East Asians in recent times. (Core course, Asia)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST068 CM - Disasters in the Ancient Mediterranean


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST070 PO - Europe and the World 1492-1800

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): G. Kates
    Credit: 1

    An introduction to early modern Europe that concentrates on Europe’s discovery, exploration, and colonization of the Indian Ocean, East Asia, and especially the Americas.  Focus is on the Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, and British empires. Oral presentations and reading assignments from Raynal’s 1780 History of the Two Indies, a radical critique of colonization and slavery that became an Enlightenment classic.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive; Analyzing Difference
  

  • HIST070A SC - United States History to 1865


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST070B SC - Introduction to Modern U.S. History


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST071 PO - Modern Europe Since 1789

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): P. Chu
    Credit: 1

    Modern Europe Since 1789. Introduction to the major economic, political and social developments in European society since the French Revolution, including the Industrial Revolution, Nationalism, Marxism, the Russian Revolution, political and economic imperialism, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, the Holocaust and the development of the European Union. (Core course, Europe Since the Renaissance).
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST072 SC - History of Women in the U.S.


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST073 CM - Rise of Mod Europe 1750-Present


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST073 PZ - The Problem with Profit


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST074 PZ - Holiness, Heresy and the Body


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST080 CM - Early America: Invasion to the Civil War


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST080 PO - Revolutions, Uprisings, Coups, and Interventions in the Americas since 1910

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas; V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Revolutions shook the world repeatedly over the course of the twentieth century. The ways that the great powers, particularly the United States, reacted to these momentous events have been central to making the modern world. Efforts to create new societies and power structures or reimpose elite rule have been met with wildly different from reactions from the United States and are key to understanding how our world came to be. From the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the Honduran Coup 100 years later, this course traces political, social and economic upheavals and interventions that have determined the course of history. Previously offered as HIST028  CH.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST081 CM - Modern America: 1865 to the present


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST081 HM - Science and Technology in the Early Modern World


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST082 HM - Science and Technology in the Modern World


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  

  • HIST096 CM - The Amazon


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST098 CM - The Americas: Transnational Relations


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST100C CH - Chicana/Latina Histories

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    Reading seminar analyzing the historical experiences of Chicanas and Latinas. Foregrounds gender, race, class and sexuality, examining these women’s responses to conquest, capitalism, racism and patriarchy. Investigates their struggles for justice, connections to other “Third World” women and formations of feminist theory and practice. Letter grade only. (United States)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101A PO - Indian Ocean World

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    This course explores the histories of people scattered, settled, lost and found around the Indian Ocean. The course approaches the history of the Indian Ocean as a global maritime space, an economic route and cultural crossroads connecting the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe. Ranging from the spice trade and the culture of dhows, the times of the advent of Islam and the traditional Middle Eastern vessels that sailed with the monsoon winds, to the exploration and discovery of the “Indies” and the age of European imperialism and colonialism, the course examines the Indian Ocean world through the framework of transnational and global history. Readings include travel writing and works of literature. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and Middle East). Previously offered as HIST100AIPO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101ABPO - Empire and Colonialism in the Middle East and South Asia

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni.
    Credit: 1

    A history of empire and imperialism in the modern Middle East, South Asia, and the Indian Ocean, examining the emergence of European colonialism in these interconnected world regions during the nineteenth century. The course explores contacts, encounters, and exchanges between cultures in an era of global transformation. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East). Previously offered as HIST140  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101ACPO - Environmental Histories of the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    The history of changing human interactions with the natural world in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Traces how natural phenomena and resources have shaped patterns of society and the cultural meanings and perceptions attached to nature. The course considers how these human interactions and attitudes toward the natural world have altered environments and landscapes globally, and the ecological consequences of these changes in the land. Letter grade only. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East). Previously offered as HIST141  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101D PO - Researching the Cold War

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): P.Chu
    Credit: 1

    The Cold War, defined by the ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, was global in scope. This seminar explores its origins and development, including superpower rivalry, the forging and fracturing of socialist alliances and competition in the Third World. Students produce an original research paper based on recently declassified materials and other primary sources. Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110D PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • HIST101E PO - The Science of Empire

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): P. Chu
    Credit: 1

    This seminar explores the history of science in connection with the expansion of European empires. We examine how knowledge about peoples and environments helped Europeans extend control in colonial places, and how networks of commerce, travel, and exchange shaped European science. Through reading and research, we explore histories of geography, botany, and anthropology, and the evolution of such concepts as race, ethnicity, and nature. Previously offered as HIST110E PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • HIST101F PO - Food and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
    Credit: 1

    A single question inspired this seminar: what explains the relationship of food and the environment in Asia and the Pacific over the last century (1915-2015)? Over the course of the semester, we will examine four different answers to that question. We will ask how has the definition of specific Asian cuisines shaped their relationship to the environment? Then we will turn to the creators of cuisines—chefs—and ask how have their culinary decisions affected the environment? The third section will consider the way restaurants market themselves and ask what do their representations reveal about their relationships with the environment. And the last section will focus on the important farm-to-table movement and ask how, if at all, has it changed prevailing views of food and the environment? Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110F PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101H PO - Research Topics in American History, 1500-1900

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    Research seminar culminating in a research paper substantially based on primary sources dealing with any aspect of American history up to 1900. Letter grade only. (United States) Previously offered as HIST110H PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101HAPO - History/Biography/Autobiography

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    Study of American history using biographies, autobiographies and biographical fiction. Accounts of individual lives used to explore lives of “ordinary” Americans, as well as prominent social and political issues. Topics include Vietnam War; civil rights movement; political and social dissent; industrialization; ethnic, racial, religious and gender conflicts; slavery; continental expansion; and creation of the American republic. (United States) Previously offered as HIST100K PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101J PO - State, Citizen, Subject: Modern Japan

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
    Credit: 1

    An examination of the Pacific War, its impact and legacy. Topics include modern Japanese representations of themselves, the “other,” the past and official Japanese government descriptions of selected topics and popular reception of these formulations. Readings include relevant theoretical literature and selections from wartime and postwar school textbooks, personal correspondence, diaries, memoirs, fiction and oral history. (Asia) Previously offered as HIST110J PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101K PO - Topics in Ancient History

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): B. Keim
    Credit: 1

    This research seminar critically engages with debates about the nature and negotiation of honor in ancient Greece. Over the centuries from Achilles to Alexander diverse forms of honor served as the foundation of every identity and the currency of every relationship. Honor shaped the institutional skeleton and enlivened the ideological lifeblood that sustained the Greek body politic. As we converse with Homeric heroes and tragic heroines, famous philosophers and everyday Athenians, we will ponder together, “What is honor, and (why) does it matter?” All readings (e.g. from Homer’s Iliad, Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Sophocles’ Antigone, Herodotus’ Histories) will be in English translations. Assignments will include two in-class presentations and three writing assignments: a book review, a shorter essay on a common reading, and a significant final research paper on a topic developed by each student. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean). Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110K PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • HIST101L PO - US Labor and Working-Class History

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Seminar examines the experiences of working people from the early 19th century to the present at work, at home and in politics. Introduces competing interpretations of trade-union ideology and politics, as well as working-class cultures and social experiences. Special emphasis on the roles of race and gender in the making of the American working class. (United States) Previously offered as HIST110L PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101M PO - Introduction to Digital Humanities: Women and Politics in Latin America

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    This class uses digital methodologies to examine women’s movements and women’s political participation in Latin America and the Caribbean from the nineteenth century until the present. In this class, we will receive training in and we will use digital humanities tools such as Omeka, Voyant Tools, TimelineJS, MyHistro, among others, to curate digital exhibitions about themes, people, and events covered in the course. At the end of the class, students will produce a digital exhibition and a research paper based on their digital work. Previously offered as HIST160  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101S CH - Latinx Oral Histories (CP)

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): T. Sandoval.
    Credit: 1

    Introduces students to community history in Chicanx/Latinx Studies through the theory, ethics, and practice of oral history. In partnership with local high schools, students read and discuss foundational texts; record and archive oral histories with local Latinx communities; and build a public archive for future generations. Culminates in a research paper using these sources. Letter grade only. May be repeated twice for credit. Previously offered as HIST110S CH.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101U PO - Research Seminar: Political Movements in East Asia since the 1960s

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): A. Chinn
    Credit: 1

    A research seminar focuses on youth political movements in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea from 1960 to the present, including the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 Tiananmen Square Movement, the Sunflower Movement, the Umbrella Movement, Zengakuren, SEALDs, the 386 generation, the June Democracy Movement, etc. The final project is a 15-20 page research essay on one of the political movements covered in the course. Previously offered as HIST110  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • HIST101V PO - Gender, Sexuality and Feminisms in Modern East Asia

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): A. Chin
    Credit: 1

    Research seminar focuses on primary sources that have shaped the conceptualization of gender, sexuality and feminisms in Modern China, Japan and Korea. Topics include feminist interpretations and critiques of women’s status and inequality articulated activists and theorists, gender and nationalism, “comfort women,” sex rights and queer movements. (Asia) Previously offered as HIST110V PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST101W PO - Heresy and Church

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    A research seminar focused on the history of religious dissent in Europe from the 11th through the 13th centuries, using it as a way to understand changes in medieval religiosity as well as the evolution of ecclesiastical responses to these changes. The course will culminate in students producing their own research papers on some aspect of the subject. Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110WHPO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • HIST103A CM - From Village to Empire: The History of the Roman Republic, 750-44BCE


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST103B CM - Governing Rome: The History of the Roman Empire: 44 BCE - 337 CE


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST104 CM - Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST105 PO - Achilles to Alexander

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2018.
    Instructor(s): B. Keim
    Credit: 1

    This course explores the history of ancient Greece, from the wrath of Achilles to the campaigns of Alexander the Great, from the archaic world of Odysseus to the democratic splendors of Periclean Athens (ca. 1200 – 323 B.C.E.) There will be a strong emphasis on critical engagement with the entire range of primary sources – including the Homeric epics, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, and the material and archaeological remains – and on the enduring historical, political and cultural legacies of ancient Greece. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean) Previously offered as HIST101  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST107 CM - Reading Ancient and Medieval Historians


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST107 SC - Dante and the Medieval World


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST108 CM - Age of Cicero


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST109 SC - The First Age of Globalization, 1492-1789


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST110 CM - Topics in Ancient History


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST111 SC - The Worlds of Niccolo Machiavelli


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  
  
  

  • HIST113 CM - United States Environmental History


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST113 PO - Medieval Spain and the Idea of ‘Convivencia’

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    It is widely appreciated that Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together (that is, experienced “convivencia”) for significant portions of medieval Spanish history and benefited materially and culturally from such proximity. Of late “convivencia” has become the focus of increased attention, as people in the post-9/11 world turn to history for signs of hope that Christians, Muslims and Jews really can get along. In this course we will take a critical and nuanced look at the idea of “convivencia” and how it relates to the historical realities of medieval Spain. Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST118  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST113 SC - Venice & the Islamic East, 1350-1750


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  

  • HIST114 SC - Renaissance Gender Slaves Heresy


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST116 CM - Slavery: A World History


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST116 SC - Baroque Civilization


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST117 CM - Race and Ethnicity in Brazil


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST117 SC - Capitalism in the Renaissance


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  

  • HIST117B SC - Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
  
  

  • HIST119 CM - Women and Politcs in America


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST119 PO - Earliest Christian Views of Islam

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    Over the course of the century following Muhammad’s death in 632, Muslim armies dominated the eastern, southern and western shores of the Mediterranean, areas that, up until then, had been in Christian hands. How Christian commentators came to terms with this religio-political transformation of their world is the subject of this seminar. Primary sources drawn primarily from Greek, Syriac, Arabic and Latin authors will be supplemented by the works of modern scholars. Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST119  PO.
    This course has been revised for spring 2019.  
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST120 CM - Native American History


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST121 CM - U.S. History Since 1945


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST121 PO - Early America

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2019.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    History of early North America from sixteenth century to late eighteenth century. Emphasis on social and cultural histories of diverse peoples and nations, cultural conflicts and exchanges, Native American histories, development of different forms of enslavement throughout early America, and the formation of colonial, racial, and national identities. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  

  • HIST123 CM - History of the American West


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST123 PO - Frontiers/Empires in Early America

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    This course examines cultural exchanges, political relationships and conflicts and social development among contending groups on the North American continent, including major European colonial powers (Spanish, French, English), advancing settler societies and Indian confederacies and empires (including Iroquois, Creek and Comanche), from the Spanish conquest of Mexico to the conclusion of the U.S./Mexico War. Letter grade only. (United States)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  

  • HIST124 PO - The United States in the Middle East

    When Offered: One-time only; fall 2018.
    Instructor(s): H. Rezai
    Credit: 1

    For over a century the relationship between the United States and several nations of the Middle East was defined by mutual benefit and positive collaboration, especially in the fields of science, healthcare, and education. Whereas the people of the Middle East immediately recognized European powers as colonial invaders, they viewed America in a very positive light. However, the century-long positive perceptions gave way to a more negative and hostile view of the US in the Middle East since the mid-20th century. To understand this radical shift in the relations between the US and the Middle East (including Pakistan and Afghanistan), we will study and discuss events, ideas, and doctrines that have shaped the interactions between these countries since the mid-19th century. Along the way, we will examine key issues such as America’s earliest cultural and educational engagement in the region, Cold War rivalries, oil, US military intervention in the region since the 1950s and its support of authoritarian governments, Arab Nationalisms, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the rise of Islamist Movements. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST125 CM - Asian American Hist: 1850-Present


    Credit: 1

    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST126 PO - Revolutionary America, 1750-1800

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    Social and political change. The sources and effects of the Revolution; 18th-century social history; changes in political thought, society and politics in the new republic; and the emergence of a national culture. (United States)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST127 CH - American Inequality

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    A focused reading seminar on 20th century United States history. Students investigate racial inequity and inequality, as well as evolving efforts by communities of color to address them. Scholarly readings, films, and historical documents focus primarily on Latinx experiences but in meaningful relation to African American, Asian American, and Native American histories. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  

  • HIST127 HM - 20th-Century U.S. History


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST128 CM - U.S. Gay and Lesbian History


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  

  • HIST128 HM - Immigration/Ethnicity in the US


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST128 PO - United States Empire: 1890 to the present

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Has the United States created an “empire for liberty” as Thomas Jefferson hoped? This course provides ways to answer this question by exploring the U.S.’ dramatic leap to preeminence and the nature of its global order. It introduces students to competing interpretations of momentous events in U.S. foreign relations since the closing of the western frontier including: wars fought around the world, covert operations to control foreign governments, efforts to organize the world economy, and the spread of U.S. political and cultural power.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST129 PO - Hollywood, War, & Empire: The Historical Film

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2018.
    Instructor(s): V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Film evolved at the same time as modern global empires and devastating wars. This course introduces students to the evolution of motion pictures which make claims to truth about these cataclysmic events, with an emphasis on US films and filmmakers. Beginning with silent films showing historic tableaus through the propaganda films of World War II to anti-war films of the 50s and 60s and the controversial political documentaries of today, students will consider both the history of film and the history presented by film. As a final project, students research and propose their own historical film dealing with the US role in the world. Previously offered as HIST122  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  

  • HIST131 CH - Race, Culture, Identity, and Power in Latin America

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2014.
    Instructor(s): Miguel Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    Latin America incorporates Indigenous, European, African and Asian traditions. Examines the interplay between race, identity, culture, gender and nationalism; the multifaceted process of ethnicity and race relations; challenges to elite preferences; alternative cultural identities such as Indigenismo and Negritude; impact of immigration; and current state of nationalism. (Latin America and the Caribbean) Previously offered as HIST100I CH.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST131 HM - The Jewish Experience in America


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST131 SC - Working People in the Americas: Race, Labor and Organizing


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
  
  

  • HIST132 PO - Political Protest and Social Movements in Latin America

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    The political landscape of Latin America has changed dramatically since the 1980s, when neo-liberal policy predominated. The backlash to these policies has transformed the political landscape in most countries where the rise of mass movements and popular discontent has produced the election of reformers, progressives and even socialists. The seminar seeks to contextualize the emergence of new social and political movements throughout Latin America. (Latin American and Caribbean History) Previously offered as HIST100D PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST132 PZ - Marx in Context


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST132 SC - Paris, Berlin and London in 1920s


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST132E CM - European Intellectual History


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST132F CM - Russian Intellectual and Cultural History


    See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST133 AF - Slavery and Freedom in the New World

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    This is a survey course intended to cover the history of Africans and their descendants in the Americas from the epoch of the transatlantic Slave Trade until the end of the nineteenth century. The course is divided into two general sections: the slave epoch and emancipation (and its aftermath). (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East; United States) Previously offered as HIST143  AF.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST133 HM - Food and American Culture


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST133 SC - Cuba and Nicaragua: Revolution


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST133A CM - Late Imperial Russia: 1861-1917


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST133B CM - Modern Russian History: 1917-Present


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST134 CM - Dostoevskii’s Russia


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST134 PZ - Empire and Sexuality


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  

  • HIST135 SC - The Destruction of European Jewry and German Society


    Credit: 1.0

    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • HIST136 PO - Afro-Latin American (CP)

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    Are there Black people in Latin America? Increasingly, yes! The class combines historical and anthropological perspectives to understand the development of or denial of Black identities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East; Latin America and the Caribbean) Previously offered as HIST145  PO.
    This course has been revised for spring 2019.  
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive; Analyzing Difference
  
 

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