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• HIST 339: The Atlantic World

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  This course is a study of the Atlantic World System between the peoples of the Americas, Africa, and Europe, from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century, as these regions came to constitute a single, integrated system, joined father than separated by the Atlantic Ocean. Its study focuses on themes such as migration and colonialism; the African slave trade, New World slavery and its abolition; trans-oceanic commerce and the development of history's first worldwide cash economy; violence, mising and transculturation among Europeans, Africans and indigenous Americans; negotiation of knowledge about medicine, geography and the natural world; and the evolution of imperial systems and the wars of Independence.
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• HIST 340: History of Modern Mexico

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Emphasis on the transition of Mexico from a rural, oligarchic economy and society to an urban-oriented nation in the midst of industrialization. Special emphasis is placed on the Diaz dictatorship, 1876 to 1910, and the Revolution, 1910 to 1940.
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• HIST 341: History of Modern China

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Study of modern China from 1600 to the present, with emphasis on the period since 1840. Focus on China's interaction with the West, efforts at modernization, reforms and revolutions, and changes in political institutions, economic patterns, social relations, intellectual trends, and cultural life.
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• HIST 342: History of Modern Japan

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Study of Modern Japan from 1600 to the present, with emphasis on Japanese modernization since 1868. Political institutions, socioeconomic structures, cultural traditions, and the international environment are examined to explain the rise of Japan first as a military power in Asia prior to the Second World War and then as an economic power in the world since the war.
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• HIST 343: Archaeology of the Southeastern United States

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  This courses focuses on the historical archaaeology of the Southeastern United States, with an emphasis on South Carolina. From the Contact, Antebellum, and Postbellum periods this course centers on the role that material culture played in the past. Particular attention is placed on the importance of slavery and race as foundational institutions in the Southeast. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience learning how to process, analyze, and preserve artifacts from Friendfield Village, a 19th-20th century African-American community in Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown, SC.
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• HIST 344: The Old South, 1660 to 1865

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Political, social, economic, and intellectual development of the Old South from its colonial beginning to its demise in the Civil War. Historiography of the period will also be covered.
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• HIST 345: The New South, 1865 to the Present

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Transition of the Old South into the New South: the Reconstruction period and the South in the 20th century.
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• HIST 346: Civil War America

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  This course will examine the Civil War era in its broad cultural and social context beginning with a study of the divergent paths of the American people in the early 19th century and culminating in an examination of how the events of this era reshaped the understanding of concepts such as freedom, loyalty, and equality. A special emphasis will be placed on the interrelationship between battle front and home front.
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• HIST 347: The United States in the Era of World War II

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Analyzes the conduct of the United States in the sequence of events that led to the outbreak of World War II in Asia and Europe. Evaluates American military participation in the Allied war effort against the Axis. Discusses the impact of the war on the American home front. Examines the role of the United States in the conclusion of World War II and the initiation of the Cold War.
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• HIST 351: Medieval Europe

  3.00 Credits

  Francis Marion University

  
  Considers the history of Medieval Europe from the fall of Rome through the Hundred Years' War. Special emphasis on the barbarian invasions, the medieval church, manorialism and feudalism, the Carolingian Empire, aspects of medieval economic history, the 12th century "Renaissance" and High Medieval thought, the western monarchies, and the crises of the 14th century.
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