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• HIST 551: Women in Western World

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An examination of the ideas, institutions, and events in Western Civilization which specifically affected women. Lectures and readings will be organized topically rather than geographically or chronologically.Areasto be examined include religion, education,sex and marriage, the family, work, feminist and suffragist movements.
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• HIST 560: History of Non-Western World

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course introduces the histories of East Asia, Meso-America, the Middle East, South Asia, and Sub-Sahara Africa. It examines the development of each area's political, social, and cultural traditions and institutions. Close attention is devoted to social values, religious beliefs, and cultural practices. Particular emphasis is given to how contact with the West irrevocably altered each region. (Thiscourse does not count towards the requirements for the MA in History.)
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• HIST 562: Colonial Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A survey of Spanish and Portuguese colonial America to 1825. Topics include native populations on the eve of conquest; exploration and conquest by Europeans; the development of multiracial societies; the colonial economies; the institutions of Ibero-American empires; the social, economic, and intellectual roots ofrevolution; independence movements
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• HIST 563: Modern Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A survey of Spanish and Portuguese America since the wars for independence. Topics include the aftermath of the independence movements, incorporation into the international economy,changing social organization, race relations, the search for political stability, the role of the military, 20th century revolutionary movements, intellectual currents.
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• HIST 572: Precolonial Africa

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  An introduction to the precolonial history of sub-Saharan Africa. Special attention will be focused on the growth of Islam in West Africa, the East African city-states and kingdoms, and the upheaval in nineteenth-century southern Africa. African slavery and the slave-trade will also be considered.
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• HIST 573: Modern Africa

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A history of the development of Africa during the modern period, including European penetration, the Colonial era,African resistance and independence, and contemporary issues.
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• HIST 582: China to 1800

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A survey of traditional Chinese history from earliest times to 1800. Emphasis is placed upon intellectual development against the background of social, political, and economic transformations.
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• HIST 583: Modern China

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A study of Chinese history from 1800 to the present, emphasizing the transformation of the Confucian universal empire into a modern national state. The course will focus on the problems of imperialism, nationalism, revolution, the rise of communism, the proletarian Cultural Revolution, and the Four Modernizations in post-Mao China
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• HIST 586: Japan to 1800

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A survey of the political, economic, and cultural development of Japan from earliest times to 1800, with emphasis on the borrowing and adaptation of Chinese culture and the development of a unique Japanese civilization.
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• HIST 587: Modern Japan

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A study of modern Japanese history from 1800 to the present, with emphasis on the creation of the modern state, the impact of Western civilization on Japanese culture, Japan's experience with liberalism and militarism, with Japanese imperialism, and the postwar transformation.
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