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History
1401E -
Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present: Conflict and Transformation
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Examines central events and themes of modern European history, including: origins and impact of the French and industrial revolutions; Napoleonic wars; liberalism and reaction; socialism; nationalism; women's emancipation movements; imperialism, national rivalries and world wars; the Russian Revolution, Communist rule, and the collapse of the Soviet Union; Nazism; European integration.
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1601E -
Survey of East Asian History
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The history of China, Korea and Japan from earliest development until modern times. The course emphasizes that although they are independent nations their histories are intertwined.
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1701E -
Comparative History of Canada, the United States and Mexico
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An introductory survey of nineteenth and twentieth century Mexican, Canadian, and American history, comparing and contrasting political, economic, and social development. Major themes may include agrarian reform, the roles of women, centralism vs. federalism, the migration of peoples, political leadership, and the problems of poverty.
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1803E -
Introduction to the History of Business and Commerce
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Examines the emergence of modern business techniques and structures in Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and the further development of these techniques and structures in Canada.
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1805E -
Science, Technology and Global History
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A survey of global history with a focus on mathematics, science, technology, medicine and environment.
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1810E -
Wars that Changed the World
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This course examines four transformational wars in the history of the world in detail, both in lectures and in small discussion groups that will also focus on the development of foundational analytical and writing skills. Topics include the implications and effects of war for civilians, trade, popular culture and technology.
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2121 -
Building Modern Canada, 1845-1945
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This course examines Canada’s dramatic transformation from a rural-agrarian to an urban-industrial nation. Lectures focus on the economic, technological and social forces that created modern Canada.
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2122A/B -
Building Modern Canada, 1845-1945
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This course examines Canada’s dramatic transformation from a rural-agrarian to
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2124F/G -
Sounds, Sights & Bits: Explorations in 20th Century Canadian Popular Culture
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Canadian popular culture: poor-quality imitation of American, or crucial element of Canadian identity, worthy of “Canadian Content” regulations and financial support? This course traces the 20th century evolution of “Canadian popular culture,” offering glimpses into music, film, television, sport and more. What was enjoyed, why, and was it “Canadian ?”
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2125F/G -
Northern Enterprise: Canadian Business and Labor History
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The development and effect of business in Canada from the late nineteenth century, with special emphasis on its social impact and the emergence of a Canadian labor movement.
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2127F/G -
In Search of Canada: Postwar to Present
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An examination of selected social themes shaping postwar Canada. Topics covered include modernization, immigration and multiculturalism, rights issues, regionalism, and the multifaceted search for a "Canadian" society and culture.
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The former History 2207F/G, 2217F/G.
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2129A/B -
Why is Canada so Big? A History of Canada’s Size
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This course tells a history of Canada by exploring the nation’s growth, and the subsequent role that size and the natural environment have played in developing our national character.
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2131A/B -
The Presidency in American History
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Examines the development of the modern presidency in terms of the challenges facing presidents and their success or failure in responding to the needs of the time. Special attention will be given to the evolution of presidential power and its historical consequences.
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Women in Canadian History: Changing Roles and Diverse Social Realities
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A survey of Canadian women’s history from first European contact to the 1960s, with a focus on the realities of women’s lived experience as recorded through biography.
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Western Civilization: Divine Kingdoms to Democratic Communities
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A lecture and discussion course surveying the main political, social, economic and cultural developments of Western Civilization from ancient Greece and Rome to the present.
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2145A/B -
Twentieth Century Totalitarianism
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This course is a comparative study of two of the principal totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century -- Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The course will compare the leadership, institutions, and policies of each regime.
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Nazi Germany
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We analyze how the Nazi Party came to power; the regime’s use of propaganda, intimidation and terror within Germany after 1933; Hitler’s foreign policy; Nazi methods in occupied Europe; anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and other programs of mass murder; resistance within Germany, and the reasons for the regime's defeat.
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2149A/B -
Medieval Lives
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An introduction to medieval western Europe through an examination of the lives of some of its inhabitants, with a particular focus on their daily lives. The historical reality of such lives is juxtaposed against contemporary popular notions about the middle ages. What can these lives tell us about their society.
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2173 -
War in the Ancient and Mediaeval World
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A consideration of technical, cultural, social and political aspects of warfare. The course ends with the fall of Constantinople and the use of gunpowder.
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2179 -
The Two World Wars
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An examination of the causes, course and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, stressing comparison of the two conflicts. Students will be asked to consider a variety of historical analyses of both wars and to study the process of interpretation as well as events.
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2182A/B -
Social History of Women in Canada
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A survey of Canadian Women's History from first European contact to the 1960s, with a focus on the realities of women's lived experience through biography.
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Women in the Work Force 1700-1990
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Explores women's experience of employment including women's paid labor in pre-industrial settings; domestic service; sexual division of labor; work in industrial settings; entering the professions; feminization of clerical work; women's war work; female professions; women and organized labor; feminism and women workers and globalization.
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2185 -
A History of Sex and Sexuality in the Western World
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This course examines the history of sexuality across time and cultures, exploring how sexual ideologies, desire, and behavior relate to topics including marriage, reproduction, same-sex relations, religious, medical, and psychiatric intervention, and demonstrating that sexuality as a social construction has been the object of intense social scrutiny and political regulation.
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2201E -
Canada: Origins to the Present
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An examination of the most important aspects of Canada's history from its beginnings to the present.
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2209E -
First Nations in Canadian History
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First Nations peoples are the original inhabitants of Canada. This course will examine history recorded since European contact with all possible efforts to privilege an Aboriginal point of view and the contribution Aboriginal peoples have made and continue to make to Canada as a nation-state and as a cultural community.
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2215F/G -
The History of Aviation in Canada
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The course surveys developments in Canadian aviation from the 19th century to the present. Themes include the growth of passenger services, the impact of flight on culture, economic aspects of aviation, developments in military aviation, and the creation of an aviation infrastructure.
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2291E-2295E -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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2296F/G-2299F/G -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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2301E -
The United States, Colonial Period to the Present
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Emphasis first term upon the emergence of the American nation, the egalitarian impulse, national expansion and sectional conflict; second term, upon the great transformations of the modern era: the growth of industrialism, big government, a pluralistic society, and international predominance.
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2303F/G -
The Crucible of the Modern World: The United States and the International Community, 1935 to the Present
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This course explores the modern origins of the American Empire. A primary theme concerns the rise, in the middle of the Twentieth Century, and then the subsequent decline of the United States’ moral authority.
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The former History 298G if taken between 2001-02 and 2007-08
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2391E-2395E -
Selected Topics in US History
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2396F/G-2399F/G -
Selected Topics in US History
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2401E -
Medieval Europe
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From the 4th to the 15th centuries.
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2403E -
Europe & England in the 16th and 17th Centuries
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Cultural, social, economic, and political themes including the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the rise of absolutism; the commercial revolution; heresy, witchcraft, and scepticism; plague and health problems; the origins of modern science; demographic trends; the Puritans; baroque art and music; Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, and the creation of the modern army.
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2404E -
Europe, 1789-1918: An Era of Revolutionary Change
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European history in the period between the French revolution and the First World War was marked by cataclysmic change, political, economic, social, and cultural. History 2404E analyzes the causes and consequences of these changes and the relationships among them.
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2405E -
Britain to 1688
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An introduction to British history from the Anglo- Saxons.
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2409E -
History of Russia-USSR
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From the early beginnings (pre-historical, Kievan, and later) through the Soviet period.
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2411E -
History of Modern Italy
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Revolution, counter-revolution, and democracy, 1789-1946. Nationalism, liberalism, socialism, and fascism in Italy from the origins of the movement of unification to the collapse of the Fascist regime. The great personalities of the period, i.e., Mazzini, Garibaldi, Cavour, and Mussolini.
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2415F/G -
The History of Crime
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An exploration of criminality as a way of studying social, political, and intellectual history through cases. The course examines Roman law, medieval crimes, the formation of the state and crimes prosecuted by central authority; scientific definitions of crime; and concludes with modern celebrity crime.
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The former History 299F if taken in 2002-08.
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2491E-2495E -
Selected Topics in European History
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2496F/G-2499F/G -
Selected Topics in European History
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2501E -
History of Latin America
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An introduction to Latin America. The first term emphasizes the colonial foundations of Spanish and Portuguese civilization in the New World; the second term emphasizes the growth of the individual republics, personalist rule, federalism vs. centralism, revolution, and the "static society".
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The former History 291E if taken at King’s 2004-2005, the former History 391E if taken at King’s 2003-2004.
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2591E-2595E -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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2596F/G-2599F/G -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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2601E -
History of Modern China
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A study of China beginning with the decline of the Ming dynasty (ca 1600), continuing through the rise and fall of the Qing dynasty, and concluding with the rise of modern China in the late-20th century.
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2605E -
Survey of Japanese History
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The political, economic, social and cultural history of Japan from prehistoric times to the present.
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2606E -
The Making of the Modern Middle East
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This course moves from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire through the formation of independent Turkey and the Arab and Jewish states to a consideration of social, economic and political developments such as the development of secular nationalism, socialism, pan-Islamism, and the challenges facing the modern Middle East.
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2607F/G -
The History and Civilization of Medieval Islam
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The course introduces the main events and themes of Islamic history and civilization and their place in world history. Topics include: Muhammad and the Qur'an, the Islamic legal system, social structure and political institutions, literature, philosophy, theology, art and architecture, medicine and science, interaction with Europe, the Crusades, and trade.
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2608F/G -
The History of the Modern Middle East
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The course surveys the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the transformation of political institutions, the formation of independent Arab states in the 20th century, Arab nationalism, fundamentalism, the impact of European and American imperialism, and the challenges of modernity for the family and status of women.
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2609E -
Modern South Asia
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This is a survey of modern South Asian history from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Our focus is on the sub-continental landmass comprising the present-day nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The course is in lecture and discussion format. Lectures are organized around weekly themes, readings, films, visuals, and other resources.
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2611E -
Survey of Korean History
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A survey of Korean history from the formation of the first Korean states to the present, focusing on domestic developments and the role of the Korean peninsula in the international system in East Asia.
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2691E-2695E -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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2696F/G-2699F/G -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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2703F/G -
The Cultural Mosaic and the Melting Pot
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A comparative analysis of ethnic relationships in Canada and the United States in the Twentieth Century.
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2705E -
A Global History of International Relations since 1648
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This survey course examines and compares the dynamics, evolution, and transformations of international communities and systems since 1648. It considers the main elements of international relations and key thinkers, such as Machiavelli, Kant, and Marx.
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2791E-2795E -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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2796F/G-2799F/G -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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2801E -
Christianity: A History from Ancient to Modern Times
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This course examines the early Christian movement and diverse approaches to doctrine, governance, and worship, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The course also addresses the role of the Church at various political, social, and cultural cross-roads in western civilization, including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, and the Enlightenment.
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2807F/G -
Entrepreneurship in the United States and Canada since 1800
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A lecture and seminar course examining theories of entrepreneurship and their historical relationship to such essential business activities as finance, marketing, manufacturing, transportation, labour relations, and mangement. The focus is on the careers and business innovations of leading American and Canadian entrepreneurs in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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2809E -
Jewish History and Culture to 1492
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This course will survey the religious, social, economic and cultural development of Judaism and Jewish life, and relationships between Jews and other communities.
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2811F/G -
Contacts: Indigenous and European People
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An overview of first contacts between Indigenous People and Europeans in the Americas. First contact took many forms – from prophecy to physical meetings – since the late 1400s. Students will use a combination of primary and secondary sources to explore a series of different first contacts throughout the Americas.
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2812E -
Plague, Pox and Flu: Disease in Global History
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This course examines the role of disease in history, exploring how disease swept through cities, devastated populations, and transformed politics, public health and economies. Spanning from antiquity to present day, this global survey investigates society’s experience with, and response to, such diseases as the plague, leprosy, smallpox, and AIDS/HIV.
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2891E-2895E -
Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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3203E -
French Canada
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Selected topics since the sixteenth century. Emphasis on demographic and economic change; the evolution of social, religious, and political structures; francophone nationalism and French-English relations.
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3205E -
Identities in Conflict: Canadian Social History since 1800
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This course examines the social history of Canada since 1800, including such topics as industrialization, urbanization, class struggle, labour strife, rural depopulation, immigration and migration, ethnic tension, racism, gender struggle, sexuality, social reform, religion, culture, and regionalism. Considerable attention will be paid to the historiography and/or methodologies of the field.
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3207E -
The History of Canadian Culture
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An examination of the evolution of Canadian culture, including art, literature, film, and electronic media. The course traces the historical development of distinct Canadian cultural forms, and explores such issues as the role of the state in promoting culture and the relationship between culture and nationalism.
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3215E -
The Evolution of Canadian Political Parties, 1867-Present
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An examination of the factors which have influenced party politics in Canada (including economic nationalism, continentalism, imperialism, regionalism and urbanism).
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3221E -
Topics in Ontario History
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Topics include aspects of the political, social and economic history of the province.
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3223E -
Canada's North: History and Imagery
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This course examines Canada’s "Far” and “Middle” Norths along with the “idea of North”. Topics include the First Nations and Southern explorations; underdevelopment; cultural colonialism and Northern reawakening; administrative evolution and Northern self-government and more. Attention is paid to both the “real” and imagined Canadian Norths.
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1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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3226F/G -
Canadian Political Leadership
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This course focuses on leadership styles of the most influential, innovative, and frequently controversial prime ministers and provincial premiers from the 1860s to the present. Emphasis is placed on the interplay of character, circumstance, pragmatism and principle in governing a nation as ethnically diverse and regionally fragmented as Canada.
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History 3297F/G taken in 2009 and 2010.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3227F/G -
Political Protest in Canadian History
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This course focuses on the many expressions, from peaceful to violent, of political protest in Canada between the 1820s and the present. Protest groups examined include the Upper and Lower Canadian rebels, laborers and agrarians, intellectuals, left- and right-wing extremists, youths and students, feminists, Quebec separatists, and First Nations.
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History 3298F/G taken in 2009 and 2010.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3231F/G -
Yours to Discover: A History of Ontario
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The course is a survey in seminar format of Ontario’s rich and varied past commencing with its founding as the colony of Upper Canada in the aftermath of the American Revolution and stretching to the modern day
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1.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above
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3291E-3295E -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3296F/G -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3299F/G -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3301E -
Colonial British America
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Seminar on British exploration and settlement of America, imperial rivalries with other European empires, relations with Native Americans, free and enslaved migration to America, the development and diversity of colonial American societies, British imperial integration, the American Revolution, and the formation of the United States. Covers 1550 to 1800.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3305E -
The United States, 1783-1901
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The Development of the American Nation. The framing of the Constitution, the emergence of political parties, the growth of nationalism and sectionalism, the impact of egalitarianism, and the disintegration and restoration of the Union.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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Global America: The United States in World Affairs, 1700 to the present
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Throughout its history the United States has imagined itself as a global project. To better understand America’s role in the world and the impact of international developments on the United States, this seminar explores the political, economic, military, and cultural dimensions of U.S. interaction with the world since the 18th century.
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1.0 course in History at the 2300, 3300 or 4300 level or enrollment in the Honors Specialization in International Relations.
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3321E -
Topics in American Social and Cultural History, 1607 to the Present
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The course examines major themes in social and cultural formation in the American past, including the histories of race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, religiosity and recreation; the development of American regions with distinctive cultures; and the implications of the production and consumption of commercial mass culture since the late nineteenth century.
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The former History 393E if taken in 2006-07 or 2007-08.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3326F/G -
Atomic America: The United States During the 1950s
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This seminar examines some key aspects of
political, social, and cultural life in the United States during the 1950s. Topics include social classes, urban and suburban growth, family and gender relations, McCarthyism, and civil rights movements. The impact and legacy of
events and issues of the 1950s are evaluated.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3391E-3395E -
Selected Topics in US History
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1 .0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3396F/G-3399F/G -
Selected Topics in US History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3401E -
The European Renaissance
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This course follows the Renaissance from its origins in Northern Italy and investigates how it developed and flourished in diverse environments, both in Italy and later in Northern Europe. We will consider the art, but will focus on the political, cultural and social developments which inspired and paid for it.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3405F/G -
The Peoples of the "British" Isles: Conquest, Communication and Culture1066-1543
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This course asks how the later domination by England has affected perceptions of the relationship between the four nations known as “The British Isles” between 1100 and 1500, and whether that domination was inevitable. Focus will be on the Celtic countries rather than on England.
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History 3497G if taken in 2010-11
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1.0 course at the 2200 level or above.
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Themes in European Environmental History: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
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This course explores the history of European attitudes toward the natural world. We will reach back to Antiquity, but the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and, above all, the early-modern period will draw most of our attention. The multi-disciplinary nature of environmental history will suggest a broad range of topics.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3411E -
Britain Since 1688
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The history of Britain from 1688 to the modern era. Students will discern the roots of modern practices by studying political developments, economic factors, intellectual movements, and social changes in Britain. Through lectures, videos, readings, discussions, presentations and research, students will sharpen their understanding of causation and significance.
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3413E -
France, 1715 to the Present
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Examines the development of France from the decline of the old regime to the political and economic transformation after the Second World War. Lectures, book discussion and examination of selected topics in seminars.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3415E -
Modern Germany, 1815 to the Present
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An examination of the conflict between liberalism and reaction in the nineteenth century; the effects of industrialization; unification and its consequences; the causes and consequences of the First World War; the rise of Nazism and the nature of Nazi rule; the post-war German states; and Germany in the post-unification era.
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An emphasis on intellectual history in a context of political, social, and economic changes from the eighteenth century to 1921. Broad topics will include the first and second European enlightenments, conservative thought, populism, anarchism, and Marxism. The Revolutions of 1917 will be treated intensively.
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3418F/G -
Representations of the Past in Eastern Europe and Russia
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This course looks at how history has been constructed, used, and misused to justify the existence of imperial and modern national projects in Eastern Europe and Russia. The focus will be on Russia, Poland and Ukraine, on both political and cultural factors, and how these processes changed over time.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3419F/G -
The Rise and Fall of Communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe
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Europe Communism had a great impact on the politics and history of Europe and parts of Asia in the twentieth century. This course explores the form of communism which turned the collapsing Russian empire into the USSR, spread to Eastern Europe after World War Two and eventually collapsed in 1989-91.
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3420F/G -
The Soviet Experiment
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The rise and fall of the Soviet Union had a profound impact on European and global affairs. Yet for many, Russia remains an enigma. This course examines the politics, economics, social issues, cultures and religions of the peoples who lived in the USSR, Russians and non-Russians, and how they interacted.
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The former History 439E.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3421E -
History of European International Relations: Communities and Conflicts
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This course examines major conflicts, key personalities, alliances, challenges to the nation-state, relations with the world beyond Europe, and the evolution of Europe’s international relations from the mid-19th century to the present.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3422F/G -
Ever Closer? The European Union in Historical Context
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This course explores the historical roots of European integration. The first half of the twentieth century brought unprecedented destruction to Europe; the postwar years witnessed the construction of a successful supranational organization, the European Union (EU). We will explain this apparently dramatic reversal and the end of fierce inter-state rivalry.
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History 1401E and 1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3423F/G -
History of Scotland: From Foundations to 1603
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The creation of the kingdom of Scotland and of a sense of Scottish identity, from beginnings up to the union of the crowns of Scotland and England in 1603. Topics include Scottish geography, the racial composition of the Kingdom and the role of church and crown in uniting the country.
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The former History 399F if taken between 2003-04 and 2006-07
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3425F/G -
History of Scotland: From 1603 to 1999
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An investigation of the maintenance of Scottish identity after 1603, exploring the relationship between the Scots and the Stuarts, the importance of religion, the Jacobite movement, the Enlightenment, Scots involvement in Empire building, the social and economic results of industrialization, and the twentieth-century revival of nationalism.
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The former History 398G-001 if taken in 2003-04 and 2007-08.
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1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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3427E -
The Holocaust
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This course explores the evolution of the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question” in the broader context of German and Jewish history and anti-Semitic ideologies. The Holocaust is analyzed from the perspective of the perpetrators, victims and bystanders. The ultimate goal is to enable students to understand how and why the Holocaust happened.
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The former History 394E if taken in 2006-07.
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1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above.
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3429F/G -
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
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This seminar analyses the forces unleashed upon Europe by the French Revolution, examining 25
years of radical proclamations, unprecedented initiatives, recurrent conflicts, and reactions. Our focus will be the relations between France and its neighbours - placing these fiery decades in a trans-national context to understand their
impact upon Europe.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above
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3491E-3495E -
Selected Topics in European History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3497F/G-3499F/G -
Selected Topics in European History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3513F/G -
The Cuban Revolution: Origins and Legacy
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The Cuban Revolution was a seminal event that affected Cuba and all Latin American countries, and shaped their relations with the United States during the second half of the twentieth century. This course analyzes the causes of the Cuban Revolution and consequences for Cuba and the rest of Latin America.
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History 3596G taken in 2010 or summer 2011
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above
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3591E-3595E -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3596F/G-3599F/G -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3601E -
Chinese Nationalism in History
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A thematic exploration of the crucial developments and problems in Chinese history since 1800.
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3603E -
Modern Japan: Nation, Society, and Culture
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Traces the historical development of Japan from 1600 to the present, with an emphasis on the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that influenced these changes. The impact of these developments on Japanese society and Japan’s role in the international system will also be assessed.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3605E -
Crusaders & Moslems in the Twelfth Century
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Aspects of Frankish and Moslem Societies and Cultures in the Middle East.
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3607F/G -
Cold War East Asia
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This course investigates the domestic and international factors affecting the East Asian regional system during the Cold War period. Topics may include the U.S. occupation of Japan, Japan’s external relations with the U.S.A., U.S.S.R. and China, the rise of communist China, the Cultural Revolution, and the division of Korea.
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3609F/G -
Japan since 1945
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Selected topics, such as Japan's phenomenal economic growth, its competitive drive for the control of world markets, big business in politics, the debates on the Constitutional revision and remilitarization, student radicalism and the changing roles of women in contemporary Japan, are examined.
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3611E -
Empire, Conflict, and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific
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An investigation of historical developments within the international system in the Asia-Pacific and the region's interactions with the wider world, mainly concentrating on the 19th and 20th centuries.
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3613F/G -
The Koreas since 1945
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This course will investigate developments in North and South Korea since 1945. Topics will include the Korean War; economic development, military dictatorship, and democratisation in South Korea; the consolidation of the Kim family state in North Korea; and the role of the Korean peninsula in international relations in the Asia-Pacific.
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3691E-3695E -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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3696F/G-3699F/G -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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3701E -
Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic World
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This course explores the rise of modern slavery, the Atlantic Slave Trade, the experience of enslavement, the relationship between bound labour and plantation agriculture, the emergence of abolitionist/antislavery activism and the process of Emancipation.
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3703E -
Delhi and London: Imperial Cities
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Delhi and London were two major cities of the British Empire. This course studies their parallel destinies, from the imperial into the post-colonial world. It explores how diverse cultural, political, and migratory flows connected and shaped these cities.
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3707F/G -
The Business of Wine
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This course explores the role of wine, through time, in fostering business activity and its attendant institutions, the organization of production, marketing, commerce, and the creation of demand. Students will relate this to social and economic developments in local, regional and international contexts.
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3709E -
Iberian Empires: Portugal, Spain and their American Colonies in a Global Context, 1400-1810
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This course will examine the history and legacy of Portugal, Spain and their American colonies in a global context. It will focus on the political, economic, social, geographic, scientific and technological factors that contributed to the formation and development of the first European transatlantic empires.
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3722F/G -
'Killing Fields': Genocide in Modern History
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This seminar explores the causes, elements, and
consequences of genocide in modern history through historical case studies and
multidisciplinary perspectives.
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3791E-3795E -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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3797F/G-3799F/G -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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3807E -
The Jewish Immigrant Experience in North America, 1880-1945
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A lecture course that examines the struggles and achievements of Jewish immigrants and their offspring in the United States and Canada, and the ways in which they conformed to and rebelled against against the dominant culture. The course will highlight a variety of themes related to ethnicity, religion, gender, and class.
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The former History 291E if taken in 2003-06.
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1.0 course in History at the 2200 level or above.
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3811E -
Jewish History and Culture, 1492 to the Present
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This course examines the changing economic, social, and legal roles of Jewish communities; the causes of, and responses to, persecution and genocide; continuity and change in religious practices; responses to the Enlightenment, Emancipation, Zionism, and the creation of the state of Israel.
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1.0 History course at the 2200 level or above or enrollment in the Jewish Studies modules.
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3813E -
Public History
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An exploration of history as it is understood by and interpreted for the public in varied venues and media, including museums, historic sites, historical fiction, the internet, and film. Topics include the history of public history, ethical practice, the relationships between form and content and between public and academic history.
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3815E -
Women in North American History
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This course will examine Canadian and American women’s history from pre-industrial times to the present by investigating the experiences of women within the family, the labour force, and religious, political, and social reform movements. The course will also emphasize historiographical questions and theoretical and feminist concerns.
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Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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3896F/G-3899F/G -
Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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4203F/G -
Topics in First Nations History
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Students will research a variety of specialized historical subjects relating to political, social, and economic interactions with non-Natives. After sampling secondary writings, students will draw on archival, visual, and oral records to offer first-hand experiences in dealing with the complexity of source materials.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4207E -
Canada and the Age of Conflict, 1896-1945
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“Modern” Canada was shaped between 1896 and 1945, decades that witnessed a massive immigration boom, two world wars, and an economic depression. This course will examine such issues as politics, regionalism, culture, gender, sexuality, modernity, class, race, ethnicity, religion, industrialization, urbanization, nationalism, foreign affairs, and age/generation during this period.
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4211F/G -
The Rebellions in the Canadas, 1837-1838
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The Rebellions were a significant social, economic and political upheaval that was accompanied by extreme violence in both Upper and Lower Canada. This course examines the
background, conduct and implications of these events and strives to place them in their neglected international context.
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History 4297G if taken in 2011-2012
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2.0 courses in History at the 2200 level or above
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4213F/G -
Life, Love & Death in Early Canada
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This course explores everyday life in Canada between 1760 and 1914. Topics include birth, family and home, dress and etiquette, love and marriage, food, health, morality, death and
mourning. Analytical themes include race, class, gender, social memory and identity.
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History 4496F if taken in 2011
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2.0 courses in History at the 2200 level or above
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4291E-4295E -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4296F/G-4299F/G -
Selected Topics in Canadian History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4301E -
The United States in the Twentieth Century
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A survey of American history, 1901 to the present, with emphasis upon political, social, and economic developments. Intensive examination of selected topics in seminar.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4391E-4395E -
Selected Topics in US History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4396F/G-4399F/G -
Selected Topics in US History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4411E -
Crime and Society in England 1660-1900
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This seminar explores crime and the administration of English criminal justice from the late seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century. Topics will include the reform of the criminal law, the rise of modern policing, the transformation of prosecution and trial, and developments in penal policy.
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The former History 498G-001 if taken in 2005-6 or 2006-7, the former History 499F-001 if taken in 2005-6.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4412E -
The Tudors and the Stuarts: Early Modern England
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This course considers the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, 1485-1714. Areas covered include the political and religious: how radical was the English reformation, how ‘glorious’ the revolution of 1688? Cultural topics will also be integral. What rituals dominated people’s lives? How riotous were the English?
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The former History 495E (2004-2008), History 4493E (2008-2010).
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2.0 courses in History at the 2200 level or above.
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4417F/G -
Between Past and Future: Dilemmas of the Post Communist World
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This course looks at the states referred to as ‘new democracies’ and ‘post-totalitarian states’. It will encourage students to look back and forward simultaneously, to explore how different states within the post-communist world have such divergent transformation trajectories. The material is approached from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4421E -
Medieval Villages, Medieval Worlds
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Welcome to the worlds present in a single medieval village! Students in this methodology research-oriented seminar course will reconstruct a fourteenth century English village and analyze the behaviors of its inhabitants. Questions to be examined include the nature and significance of violence, co-operation, governance and women’s roles.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4491E-4495E -
Selected Topics in European History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4496F/G-4499F/G -
Selected Topics in European History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4591E-4595E -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4596F/G-4599F/G -
Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4691E-4695E -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4696F/G-4699F/G -
Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4701E -
Canada and the United States
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This course analyses and compares a variety of themes which have been important in the development of both Canadian and American society. It also examines the involved and often difficult relationship of Canada and the United States, with an emphasis on the patterns of political, social, economic and military interaction.
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4707E -
Technology and Society in North America
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An introduction to the social history of Canadian and American technology, this course examines interactions between technology and society during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Viewing technology as an aspect of culture, the main theme will be the development of distinctive national technical styles.
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4709E -
The First World War: A Revolutionary Experience
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The seminar examines in-depth the events associated with the period from 1900 to 1924.
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4791E-4795E -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4796F/G-4799F/G -
Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4803E -
Topics in Gender History
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A seminar course that examines selected topics to explore the social construction of gender and sexuality in nineteenth and twentieth-century Canada and America.
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Selected topics in the history of warfare.
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The former History 497E if taken in 2005-06.
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4807E -
Business History
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A comparative approach to business history in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States since 1700. Emphasis is on the emergence of modern management, the development of techniques of production and marketing, the role of entrepreneurship, business organization, business-government interaction, and labor relations.
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4813E -
Smallpox to SARS: Disease and Medicine in History
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This course examines a variety of 19th and 20th century disease outbreaks – including smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, HIV-AIDS and SARS – to discuss how these outbreaks affected political, economic and social structures. We shall also explore debates surrounding medical technology, disease campaigns, human experimentation and the HPV vaccine.
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The former History 493E if taken in 2004-05, 2007-08, former History 4205E.
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4815F/G -
Indigenous Historical Research and Methodologies
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This course examines Indigenous constructions of history as well as issues and tensions between Indigenous peoples and the contemporary discipline of history. Themes will include Indigenous historical methodologies (including but not limited to oral histories), re-examining the colonial historic record, and contemporary Tribal Nation history projects.
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FNS 4903F/G, History 4298F taken in 2011
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4817F/G -
Land Claims and Primary Historical Research Methods
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This course offers students practical skills to conduct historical research into land claims and their historical context in Canada. The course focuses upon government documents and explores topics including oral history, comprehensive and specific claims process, claims and the courts, role of industry, and governments’ duty to consult First Nations.
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2.0 First Nations Studies or History courses at the 2200 level or above
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4891E-4895E -
Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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2.0 History courses at the 2200 level or above.
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4896F/G-4899F/G -
Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History
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4901E -
Directed Readings in History
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor of their choice willing to give the course. This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
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4902F/G -
Directed Readings in History
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The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor of their choice willing to give the course. This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third year history courses.
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4903E -
Senior Thesis
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This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
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Restricted to Fourth Year Honors History Students. Permission of the Chair is also required.
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