DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Professors Emeriti: Dorothea French, Mary McDougall Gordon, Peter O’M. Pierson, Sita Anantha Raman
Professors: Steven M. Gelber, Jo Burr Margadant (Lee and Seymour Graff Professor), Gerald McKevitt, S.J. (Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., University Professorship for Jesuit Studies), Barbara Molony (Department Chair), Timothy J. O’Keefe, Robert M. Senkewicz, David E. Skinner
Associate Professors: Ramón D. Chacón, George F. Giacomini Jr., Arthur F. Liebscher, S.J., Thomas Turley, Nancy Unger
Assistant Professors: Fabio López-Lázaro, Pedro Machado, Amy E. Randall
History provides an understanding of all aspects of the human past. By synthesizing the humanities and social sciences, the study of history imparts the ability to research, analyze, and communicate the reasons humanity has developed in particular ways. Knowledge and skills developed in history are excellent preparation for graduate study and careers in education, communications, government, law, and business.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
In addition to fulfilling University Core Curriculum and College of Arts and Sciences requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, students majoring in history must complete the following departmental requirements:
- One history course in each of five geographical areas: Africa/Middle East, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and United States
- Four lower-division courses in three of the five geographical areas mentioned above, at least one of which must be in the student’s area of projected individual specialization
- Nine approved upper-division courses, four of which must be in the student’s individual area of specialization
- HIST 100 and HIST 101, which may be counted among the four lower- division or nine upper-division courses
- HIST 198
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
Students must fulfill the following requirements for a minor in history:
- Seven history courses, including four upper-division courses
PREPARATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR ADMISSION TO TEACHER TRAINING CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS
The State of California requires that persons seeking a credential to teach history in California schools hold a single-subject teaching credential in social science authorizing them to teach history and social science classes in departmentalized settings. Students wishing to enroll in a credential program must pass a subject-area examination in social science. The teaching credential program itself requires the completion of an approved credential program, which can be completed as a fifth year of study with student teaching, or through a summer program and internship in conjunction with the undergraduate pre-teaching program.
The Department of History offers a program that prepares students for the subject-area examination and admission to a credential program. Requirements of the preparation program are:
- Six lower-division history courses: HIST 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13
- Eight upper-division history courses: HIST 100, 101, 184, 186, 190, and three courses in world history
- Seven social science courses: ANTH 50 or POLI 50, ECON 1 and 2, EDUC 198, POLI 1, POLI 2 or an upper-division political science course, and an upper-division course in anthropology, psychology, or sociology
Students are encouraged to minor in urban education. Students who are contemplating secondary school teaching in Social Science should consult with the coordinator in the Department of History as early as possible.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: GENERAL HISTORY
100. Historical Interpretation
An investigation of the diverse methods historians use to examine the past. Required of all majors. (Satisfies a European requirement for the major.) For history majors and minors or with permission of the instructor. (5 units)
101. Historical Writing
Researching and writing history papers. Required of all majors as a prerequisite for HIST 198. (Satisfies a United States requirement for the major.) For history majors and minors only. Recommended to be taken in the sophomore or junior year. (5 units)
190. Capstone Seminar in Social Sciences
This seminar is open only to students enrolled in the subject matter preparation program in social sciences or to liberal studies majors with a minor in history. Designed for students who contemplate a career in the teaching profession. As a capstone course, it integrates the subject matter from courses in the social sciences, including history, economics, geography, political science, and education. (5 units)
198. Capstone Seminar
A topical course designed to give seniors the opportunity to write an in-depth original research paper under the guidance of the seminar instructor and a faculty specialist chosen by the student. For senior history majors only. Prerequisite: HIST 101. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: WORLD AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY
4. World Geography until 1492
An overview of the great civilizations of the world prior to the Columbian Exchange, focusing on the geographical, cultural, economic, and political features of the complex societies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. Survey of the foundations of each region. Patterns of connection and interdependence in world history. (4 units)
5. World Geography after 1492
An overview of world historical development since the Columbian Exchange, noting the distinct cultural foundations of the major regions of the world (East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania). Examination of globalization as a system of increasing economic interdependence and cultural, demographic, and technological exchange. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: WORLD AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY
103. History of the Jesuits
Interdisciplinary course that examines the evolution of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) from the order’s founding at the close of the Middle Ages to the present. Selected themes include: the defining features of Ignatian spirituality, the development of the order’s educational system, the Jesuit role in the encounter between European cultures and the cultures of Asia and the Americas, and the new orientations of the order that have emerged in reaction to changes in Catholicism and in the world at large in the late 20th century. (5 units)
104. African Americans and Africa
Historical examination of the roots of African American culture and politics: the impact of the Atlantic slave trade and the continuity of African culture in the Western hemisphere. (5 units)
105. Modern World History
Examination of the significant events, relationships, and ideas that have shaped the development of a transformed international system during the past 300 years. Focus is on a few themes, rather than a chronological survey of different regions or cultures. Major themes include the scientific and industrial revolutions, new technologies, nationalism and imperialism, effects of new technologies, anticolonialism and neo-imperialism, the new world (dis)order. (5 units)
106. You Are What You Eat: A Global History of Foods, Drugs, and Medicines
An analysis of the human use of plants as sustenance, mood enhancers, and health agents with particular attention to the Neolithic invention of agriculture, its spread through monumental civilizations, and the capitalistic globalization of food cultures since 1500 caused by imperialism and industrialization (e.g., fast food and national cuisines). Specific theories to be examined include J. Diamond’s interpretation of agriculture as an element in the differential evolution of human societies, historians’ emphasis on the role sugar played in the development of African slavery, and contemporary concerns about the ecological and health shortcomings of agribusiness. (5 units)
191. Cross Area Studies
Original research and group discussion of selected problems and periods.
199. Directed Reading/ Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in world and comparative history. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: UNITED STATES HISTORY
7. United States: Colonies and Constitution
Introductory survey of U.S. history from first European settlement through the Constitutional Convention. Political, economic, social, and intellectual aspects of America’s first 200 years. (4 units)
8. United States: The 19th Century
Introductory survey of U.S. history from the Constitutional Convention to the Spanish American War. Political, economic, social, and intellectual aspects of the century that saw the nation evolve from an infant state to an industrial world power. (4 units)
9. United States: The 20th Century
Introductory survey of U.S. history from the Spanish American War to the year 2000. Political, economic, social, and intellectual aspects of America in an era of international involvement and domestic change. (4 units)
81. Chicanos in the Southwest
Survey of the Chicanos in California and the Southwest. Emphasis on the period since 1848, and on Texas, New Mexico, and California. (4 units)
84. Women in American Society
Examination of the rich history of the changing social, economic, political, and intellectual life of women in the United States. Focuses on issues of gender, race, class, geographic setting, and ethnicity. Primary and secondary sources will be used to examine women’s self-conceptions and self-identifications, as well as gender constructs and prescribed roles. (4 units)
85. Introduction to United States Environmental History
Study of American environmental history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Examines the interactions in history between the physical environment and economics, politics, gender, race, ethnicity, and religions. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: UNITED STATES HISTORY
170. Revolution, Confederation, Constitution
Intensive study of the origins, progress, and culmination of the American Revolution to 1800. (5 units)
171. The New Nation
Social and political reforms, expansion, and changes, sectional and national politics of the United States between 1800 and 1850. (5 units)
172. The Union in Crisis
A study of the major aspects of the antebellum period, the Civil War, and the problems of Reconstruction: the abolitionists, the rise of the Republican Party, the conduct of the war, the role of the free African American, constitutional readjustment, and the rise of the new South. (5 units)
173. The Modern Era: 1920–1960
The end of the Republican ascendance in the 1920s and the rise of the New Deal coalition. America at war again and the Cold War at home and abroad. (5 units)
174. America in the 1960s
Little Rock to Watergate: social, political, and foreign policy upheavals of the 1960s. Civil rights movement, student and antiwar movements, hippies, and others. Kennedy and Johnson, end of the Cold War and the Vietnam War, Nixon and Watergate. (5 units)
175. 20th-Century United States Diplomatic History
Critical study of U.S. international relations. Economic, political, social, and public opinion forces influencing the development of U.S. policy. (5 units)
177. Gays and Lesbians in United States History
Examination of the significance of gay men and lesbians across the broad sweep of American history, beginning with pre-Columbian Native Americans and concluding with the modern era. Religious, intellectual, economic, political, and social ramifications will all be examined. (5 units)
178. Leisure and Sports in America
Exploration of the development and meaning of leisure activities and sports in America beginning in the colonial period and ending in the recent past. Examination of the relationship between leisure and the broader culture, looking at the impact of economics, technology, and social values on what Americans have done in their non-work time. (5 units)
179. Special Topics in Early United States History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in early United States history. (5 units)
180. Native Americans of the United States
Native American history from colonial times to the present from the perspective of native peoples. The focus is on selected Indian peoples in each historical period with an emphasis on native responses to changing historical circumstances, the continuity of Native American cultures, and Indian relations with the U.S. government in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include colonialism, Native Americans and environments, regional and tribal histories. (5 units)
181. American Women Since 1900
Examination of the rich history of the changing social, economic, political, and intellectual life of American women from 1900. Issues of gender, race, class, geographic setting, and ethnicity will merit appropriate attention. Primary and secondary sources used to examine women’s self-conceptions and self-identifications, as well as gender constructs and prescribed roles. Women’s role in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, WWI, the Depression, and WWII will be followed by extensive coverage of the transitions created/endured by American women from the post-war period to today including the rise of feminism and its ongoing challenges. (5 units)
182. Sex and Family in American History
History of sex and the family from the 17th to the 20th century. Impact of social and economic change on sexuality, courtship, marriage, and child rearing. Cultural construction of gender roles and sexual roles. (5 units)
183. American Capitalism
Analysis of the philosophy and social impact of the capitalist idea as it developed in America from the colonial period to the 20th century. Explores the meaning of the work ethic, ideas of economic reform, and ideology of business leaders, among other topics. (5 units)
184. American Historical Geography
Introduction to the physical and cultural geography of the United States with a special emphasis on California. Texts, maps, and discussions used to explore how America’s geography is not just the stage for American history but an integral player in that history. (5 units)
186. California
Survey of the state’s history: its Native American origins, Spanish invasion and missionization, Mexican period, U.S. conquest, gold rush, and development to the present. (5 units)
187. The American West
A study of the American West as frontier and region in transit from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast from the 17th century to the present with an emphasis on the 19th-century trans- Mississippi frontier. Topics include European invasions of the aboriginal world; exploration; the fur trade; mining and farming frontier; ethnicity and gender in multicultural regions; the West in film, fiction, and art; contemporary meaning of the West. (5 units)
189. Special Topics in Modern United States History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in modern United States history. (5 units)
197. Seminar in United States History
Original research and group discussions of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
199. Directed Reading/Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in U.S. history. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: EUROPEAN HISTORY
11. Western Civilization: Ancient
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the Near Eastern origins of Western civilization through the collapse of the Roman Empire. Also listed as CLAS 62. (4 units)
12. Western Civilization: Medieval and Early Modern
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 17th century. (4 units)
13. Western Civilization: Modern
Interdisciplinary survey of the development of Western culture from the 17th- century to the present. (4 units)
16. Ancient Greek Religion
Also listed as CLAS 67. For course description see CLAS 67. (4 units)
17. Ancient Roman Religion
Also listed as CLAS 68. For course description see CLAS 68. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: EUROPEAN HISTORY
108. Ancient Greece
Also listed as CLAS 108. For course description see CLAS 108. (5 units)
109. The Hellenistic Age
Also listed as CLAS 109. For course description see CLAS 109. (5 units)
110. Roman Republic
Also listed as CLAS 110. For course description see CLAS 110. (5 units)
111. Roman Empire
Also listed as CLAS 111. For course description see CLAS 111. (5 units)
113. Family in Antiquity
Also listed as CLAS 187. For course description see CLAS 187. (5 units)
114. Imperialism and Religion: Roman Britain
Also listed as CLAS 114. For course description see CLAS 114. (5 units)
117. State and Church in the Middle Ages, 1000–1450
The struggles between state and church that formed modern Western political institutions. The rise of royal and papal theocracy, the emergence of the idea of limited government, the foundation of representative institutions and modern legal institutions, the origins of the modern state. (5 units)
119. Sex, Family, and Crime in Mediterranean Europe, 1300-1800
An exploration of how law intersected with sex, gender, and family in continental Western societies from 1300 to 1800. Close attention is paid to the early modern state’s authority in “policing” behavior, the real history of rights, and alternative visions of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Christian morality, including Foucault’s theory of modern capital punishment. Concrete cases are taken from original Inquisition sources, the prosecution of witchcraft, and eyewitness accounts. The focus is on Spanish, French, and Italian cases, but Anglo American legal examples offer a comparative prospective. (5 units)
120. Churchill’s England
A study of modern English history through the extraordinary career of Winston Churchill. Britain’s imperial zenith, the English suffragettes, international rivalries and World War I, the Anglo-Irish conflict, British inter-war appeasement of Nazi Germany, World War II, the formation of the English welfare state. (5 units)
121. Interpreting the English Reformation
A study of the religious changes in 16th-century England from the accession of Henry VIII to the Gunpowder Plot. Evaluation of traditional medieval patterns of belief and worship, Tudor dynastic necessities and political ambitions and factions, the influence of continental theological reformation, and popular acceptance or rejection of religious innovations. (5 units)
122. Pirates of the Mediterranean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Contact across Cultural Boundaries, 1300-1800
An examination of the history of piracy in the late medieval Mediterranean and early modern Atlantic contexts. Original narratives, including eyewitness accounts, and recent scholarship are placed within a larger context of how societies in these regions have communicated and clashed with each other. Discussions focus on examining Mediterranean piracy in relation to Christian and Muslim interaction and delineating Atlantic piracy’s affiliation with the birth of global Western imperialism and the development of an early modern “alternative pirate society.” (5 units)
124. Diplomacy and War: Europe 1870-1939
Relations of major European powers since 1870. Emphasis on economic, political, and social forces that influenced these relations. (5 units)
126. Conflicts in Medieval Christianity
An examination of the religious tensions and conflicts that helped form later medieval Christianity. Treats heresies, developing notions of orthodoxy and authority, the warrior Christianity of the Crusades, mendicancy and urban attitudes toward Christian perfection, the new monasticism, the development of a personal religion, lay tensions with the clergy, the inquisition, the climate of reformation. (5 units)
127. Seminar: The World of St. Francis
The seminar examines the religious, social, and economic background that produced Francis of Assisi, one of the most revolutionary figures of the late Middle Ages. It will focus on shifts in religious perception and new notions of religious perfection gaining popularity in Francis’ time, Francis’ personal motivations, and the struggle the medieval church experienced attempting to integrate Francis and his followers into its structure. (5 units)
128. History of Early Christianity
Also listed as CLAS 119. For course description see CLAS 119. (5 units)
129. Special Topics in Ancient and Medieval European History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in ancient and medieval history. (5 units)
131. Ireland
Irish history since the Reformation. Emphasis on the formation of modern Irish nationalism, the revolutionary movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Northern Irish conflict. (5 units)
133. History of Sexuality
Study of the history of sexuality in modern Europe. Examination of topics such as the politics of prostitution, abortion, and pornography; changing sexual norms and practices; the invention of homosexuality and heterosexuality; the social construction of sexual identities; professional and state involvement in the supervision and regulation of sexualities; intersections of sexuality with gender, ethnicity and race, nationality, class, and religion; connections between sexuality and imperialism, nationalism, economics, politics, and culture; sexual communities and movements. (5 units)
134. Reformers and Revolutionaries in Tsarist Russia
Examination of politics, society, and culture in the Russian Empire from the reign of Peter the Great to the fall of the Romanov Dynasty in 1917. Themes include state building and modernization; peasant rebellion and the institution of serfdom; the nobility and its discontents; imperial expansion and the multiethnic Empire; the Orthodox Church and popular religion; aristocratic revolt and the Russian revolutionary intelligentsia; Alexander II and the Great Reforms; the growth of radicalism; industrialization and social change; the Revolution of 1905; and the crisis of the Old Regime. (5 units)
135. Women and Gender in Modern Europe
An exploration of the history of modern Europe through the lens of gender. Focus on how changing ideas about gender and sexuality shaped gender roles, cultural practices, economic systems, and politics from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War. Also considers the ways in which gender interacted with class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, and race in the everyday lives of men and women. (5 units)
136. Gender/Race/Class in 20th-Century Europe
An exploration of the ways that social anxieties and ideas about gender, race, nationality, class, and sexuality shaped political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Europe from 1900 to the present. Topics include: challenges to bourgeois society in pre-war Europe; World War I; gender and sexual “disorder” in the 1920s; fascism and sexuality; WWII and the Holocaust; cultural constructions of the Cold War; the intersections of class, gender, and consumption; the politics of decolonization; the 1968 revolutions in Western Europe and Eastern Europe; the women’s movements in the 1970s; masculine identity in a post-industrial world; the gendering of Communism; “new Europeans,” European unity, and nationalism in post-colonial, post-Communist Europe. (5 units)
137. The Soviet Experiment
An examination of the Soviet experiment to build the first self-proclaimed socialist government in history. Emphasis on political and economic policies, cultural practices, everyday life, and the evolution of social identities and roles, taking into account gender, regional, and national differences. (5 units)
138. Second World War
An intensive investigation of the international military conflict of 1939-1945. Examination of the causes of the war and the major campaigns in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The domestic consequences of the war, and the impact of the conflict on the lives of subject populations, soldiers, and ordinary civilians. (5 units)
139. Special Topics in Modern Europe
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in modern Europe. (5 units)
192. Seminar in European History
Original research and group discussions of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
199. Directed Reading/Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in European history. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: AFRICAN/MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
45. Introduction to African History and Cultures
Historical survey of the origins and development of African cultures from ancient times to the onset of European colonialism in the 20th century. Focus on selected civilizations and societies. Patterns of African social, economic, and political life. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: AFRICAN/MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
107. Ancient Egypt
An historical survey of the social, political, religious, and cultural achievements of ancient Egypt, emphasizing especially the period of Egypt’s unification through Egypt’s conquest by Alexander the Great. (4 units)
141. Independent Africa
African economic, social, and political problems after independence. Major ideologies and international conflict. (5 units)
142. Modern Middle East and North Africa
European imperialism and the development of Arab nationalism. Problems of economic development, political stability, and military conflict. (5 units)
143. Seminar: Women in Political Revolutions
Focus is on the various roles of women in conceiving, organizing, and pursuing revolutionary processes. Set in a comparative framework, and the revolutions will be selected from many distinctive cultural milieu. Most of them may be described as patriarchal, and we will be interested in evaluating the changing roles of women in relation to existing patterns of gender expectations. (5 units)
144. Women in African Societies
Comparative analysis of the legal position of women and their social, economic, and political roles in different African cultural settings. (5 units)
149. Special Topics in African History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in African history. (5 units)
158. Islam in the Modern World
Comparative study of contemporary Islam. The study of origins and basic doctrines of Islam and its development in the modern world. Main focus will be on Islam’s interaction with different cultures, emphasizing political implications of the rise of revivalism. (5 units)
193. Seminar in Africa and Middle East
Original research and group discussion of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
199. Directed Reading/Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in African history. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: ASIAN HISTORY
50. Introduction to East Asian Studies
A study of the emergence of modern nations from the rich and diverse cultures of the Pacific and the mutual transformations of East Asia, Europe, and America in the past century. An examination of the linkages within the region and with other regions using concepts borrowed from anthropology, economics, and political science. (4 units)
51. Introduction to Chinese Civilization
History and culture from the dawn of civilization to the post-Maoist present. Ancient philosophies. Confucianism, traditional political institutions, urbanization, the impact of the West, 20th-century reform, and revolution. Modern society, politics, and economics. (4 units)
52. Introduction to Japanese Civilization
Two thousand years of Japanese history and culture. Age of classical civilization, feudalism and shogunal government, 19th-century modernization, imperialism. War in the 20th century. Postwar social and economic successes. (4 units)
54. Introduction to South Asia
A 5,000-year survey of the dynamic development of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka from the Indus Valley to postmodern times. Using multidisciplinary concepts, the study will focus on the subcontinent’s rich and unique mosaic of social, religious, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental systems set against the backdrop of dramatic political events. (4 units)
55. Introduction to Southeast Asia
Historical survey of the civilizations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and the Philippines from their origins to the present day. The focus will be on societies, cultures, religions, colonialism, nationalism, and postmodern socioeconomic issues. (4 units)
57. Rajas and Sultans in Medieval India
History of medieval India with a specific focus on ideas of kingship in Hindu and Muslim states between A.D. 600–1700. Examines specific Hindu dynasties, the Indianization of Afghani, Turkish, and Mughal rulers who followed Islam, and the interaction between Hindus and Muslims in this era. (4 units)
58. Modern India
India after Portuguese arrival in 1498 to the present. Themes include: economic imperialism, Hindu socioreligious reform and its relevance for women and the caste system; Muslim awakening and modernization; Indian revolts and nationalism; constitutional developments; Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah; post-independence issues concerning democracy, women, society, economic development and environment, national cohesion, and communalism. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: ASIAN HISTORY
146A. Medieval and Early Modern Japan
From prehistoric times to the mid-19th century. Japan’s adaptation of Chinese civilization, cultural and literary history, political effects of socioeconomic changes from the classical period through feudalism to interaction with the West, ideological developments and response to Western encroachment. (5 units)
146B. Modern Japan
Major themes in Japanese modern history since 1868. Japan’s 19th-century “economic miracle”; problems faced by a rapidly modernizing agrarian economy; nationalism and imperialism and their effects on foreign policy; adaptation of Western ideals and institutions; social and political movements in the 20th century, especially the suffrage and labor movements; postwar reconstruction. May be taken without first taking 146A. (5 units)
147A. Premodern China
Chinese civilization from the earliest times to the Western intrusion. Dominant historical and cultural patterns; evolution of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; development of political institutions; analysis of preindustrial economic experience; state-society relations. (5 units)
147B. Modern China
Social, political, economic, and cultural development from the 17th to the 20th centuries. State formation from monarchy to socialism, cultural history from Confucianism to individualism, issues of poverty and population. Intellectual and cultural changes and the roles of the West. Indigenous forces shaping China’s modern evolution. May be taken without first taking 147A. (5 units)
148. U.S.-Japan Relations
The two Pacific powers: their initial gunboat encounter in 1853; the rise of imperialism; rivalry for influence in East Asia. The Pacific War and its aftermath. Contemporary trade and security issues. (5 units)
150. Women in East Asia
Gender as a historical category in analyzing the impact of change in East Asia from antiquity to the modern period. Changing roles and status of women under industrialization, intellectual development, and legal reform. (5 units)
151. Imperialism in East Asia
Examination of the cultural, social, political, and economic effects of imperialism in four countries in East Asia: China, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Imperialism took varied forms, depending on the interests of the imperialist country and the conditions in the country under imperialism. Readings will include both literary and historical sources and will illuminate cultural as well as political changes. (5 units)
152. Colonialism and Nationhood in Southeast Asia: Contemporary Philippines, 1898-1986
An overview of contemporary Philippine history that places the Philippine and the Filipino experience within the larger context of colonialism and nationhood in Southeast Asia. The course will cover the American occupation of the Philippines (1898-1946) and the postwar independent Republic until the end of the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos (1946-1986).
153. Philippines Under Spain: 1565-1898
An overview of the history of the Philippine Islands as a colony of Spain, from the late 16th century up until the Philippine revolution against Spain in the late 19th century. It will explore how a colony evolved into an emerging nation over three and a half centuries and will highlight the contributions of Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero, in forming the modern Filipino nation. (5 units)
154A. Ancient and Classical India
India from its prehistoric roots to about A.D. 1000 with a focus on these sacred and secular themes: the development of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism; religious and philosophical texts, beliefs, and practices; social stratification through caste (varna-jati), gender, and ethnicity; kingship and the state; trade and cultural expansion to Asia; religious art and classical literature. (5 units)
154B. State, Religion, and Gender in Medieval India
India after the arrival of Islam with a focus on Hindu and Muslim models of kingship and the state; royalty and religious art; Hindu devotional movement (bhakti); Islam as a religious and political force in India; Sufism; social and religious syncretisms; Sikhism; gender in Hindu and Muslim societies in India. May be taken without first taking 154A. (5 units)
154C. Colonial India
India after Portuguese arrival in 1498 to the present. Themes include economic imperialism, Hindu socioreligious reform and its relevance for women and the caste system; Muslim awakening and modernization; Indian revolts and nationalism; constitutional developments; Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah; post independence issues concerning democracy, women, society, economic development and environment, national cohesion, and communalism. May be taken without first taking 154 A or B. (5 units)
155. Women in South Asia
The history of women in South Asia from the earliest times to the present using multidisciplinary methods and data; tribal and Dravidian matriarchies, Aryan patriarchy; women in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism; gender, caste, class as analytical categories; social change for Hindu and Muslim women in the 19th and 20th centuries; feminism and nationalism in India and Pakistan. (5 units)
156. Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia
Portuguese, Dutch, French, and English trade and mercantilism in South and Southeast Asian colonies; political hegemony and administration, and the implications for local states, elites, peoples; laissez faire and economic imperialism; Westernization, missionaries, modernization, and nationalism; Asian responses to the imperial presence. (5 units)
157. Art and Religion of India
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain beliefs and practices as depicted in ancient and medieval Indian sculpture, architecture, and painting. Study of the evolution of iconic representation in India; sacred geography and image worship; the artistic, religious, and social implications of the Buddhist stupa and chaitya; Puranic Hinduism, bhakti devotional saints; and the evolution of the Hindu temple and its role in the medieval state. (5 units)
159. Special Topics in Asian History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in Asian history. (5 units)
194. Seminar in South Asian History
Original research and group discussion of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
195. Seminar in East Asian History
Original research and group discussion of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
199. Directed Reading/Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in Asian history. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES: LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
61. Latin American Origins
Introduction to Latin American culture and civilization from the Native American empires, through the Iberian conquest, to the independence of Latin American nations. (4 units)
62. Modern Latin America
Introduction to Latin American history focusing on the political, social, and economic experience of the major nations from the end of the 19th through the 20th century. (4 units)
64. Central America
Survey of Central America from independence to the present. Focus on three Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Emphasis on recent developments; social, economic, and political problems (militarism, dictatorship); and the nature of U.S. policy vis-à-vis Central America. (4 units)
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES: LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
160. Mexico: Colonial and Early National Periods
Mexico from the Mayas and Aztecs to the Benito Juárez era in the 1870s. The Indian past, the Spanish conquest, and independence to Juárez’s La Reforma. (5 units)
161. Modern Mexico
Mexico since the Benito Juárez regime to the present. Emphasis on the Porfiriato, the 1910 Revolution and its institutionalization, and the development of the modern state. (5 units)
162. Argentina
The political and economic development of this southern South American nation from the late 18th century to the present, with emphasis on 19th-century gaucho leaders and liberalism, and also on 20th-century democracy, militarism, and Peronism. (5 units)
163. Cuba and the Caribbean
A survey from the colonial period to the present of three Caribbean nations: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Emphasis on 20th century developments; social, economic, and political issues (dictatorship, revolution, social stratification); and the role of U.S. policy vis-à-vis Cuba and the Caribbean. (5 units)
164. Seminar: The Catholic Church in Latin America
Seminar course emphasizing reading, discussion, and the preparation of a research paper; class material focuses on historical background, theological perspectives, and contemporary sociopolitical questions concerning the Catholic Church in Latin America. (5 units)
169. Special Topics in Latin American History
Courses offered occasionally on subjects outside the standard curriculum in Latin American history. (5 units)
196. Seminar in Latin American History
Original research and group discussion of selected problems and periods. (5 units)
199. Directed Reading/Directed Research
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected historical problems in world and comparative history. Prerequisites: Permission of department chair and instructor. (5 units)
