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HIST 127: American History to 1865

Offered fall, 2012

This is a general survey course of American history from the earliest days of European contact to the conclusion of the Civil War. We will study and discuss the evolution of the American colonies and the subsequent nation building (and refining) that occurred throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the most vital political, economic, and social events of the period. This first half of America’s history might, at first glance, seem to have little significance for the everyday lives of contemporary citizens. As we progress through the course, however, it will become apparent that this period is not at all remote. With this thought in mind, you and your classmates will be encouraged to find personal connections between your own life experiences and those of the Americans living in earlier times. Many of the ties will be found in your reading, but you will also supplement these materials with information that you glean from the Internet.

Required Texts

  • Murrin et al., Liberty, Equality, and Power: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877, 5th edition (2008)
  • Davidson and Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Volume I, 6th edition (2010)

You may purchase the materials at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Instructor: Dwana Waugh
  • Department: History
  • Credit hours: 3
  • View course syllabus.

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HIST 128: American History Since 1865

Offered Summer and fall, 2012

This course is a general survey of the nation's history from the era of Reconstruction (immediately following the Civil War) to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the significant political and economic events of the period, as well as on changes in the American social and cultural landscape. The course is structured around themes that professional historians have deemed important, but you will be encouraged (in fact required) to find personal connections between your own life experiences and those of the Americans who came before you. Many of these vital connections will be found in the course's assigned materials (especially in the original source documents), but you and your classmates will also locate materials as you explore the Internet.

Required Texts

  • Boyer et al., The Enduring Vision, Volume II, 7th edition ISBN: 978-0495799986.
  • Lorence, Enduring Voices, Volume II, 4th edition (1996)
  • Terkel, Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (1978)
  • CD (contains a series of short lectures by scholars associated with UNC-Chapel Hill)

You may purchase the materials at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Summer instructor: Anna Krome-Lukens, MA
  • Fall instructor: Jennifer Dixon-McKnight
  • Department: History
  • Credit hours: 3
  • View a sample course syllabus.

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HIST 140: The World Since 1945

Offered Summer and fall, 2012

This introduction to the contemporary world examines the Cold War and its international aftermath, decolonization, national development across a variety of cases, and trends in the global economy.

Required Materials

  • Hunt, The World Transformed: 1945 to the Present (2003), ISBN 978-0312245832
  • Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism (2001), ISBN 978-1583670255

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

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HIST 151: History of Western Civilization to 1650

Offered Summer and fall, 2012

HIST 151 surveys the history of Western civilization from its earliest roots in the Ancient Near East to its “early modern” manifestations in seventeenth-century Europe.

Required Materials

  • Chambers, et al., The Western Experience, Vol. 1, 10th edition (2010), ISBN 978-0077291174
  • Keith Bradley, Slavery and Society at Rome (1994), ISBN 978-0521378871
  • Natalie Zemon Davis, The Return of Martin Guerre (1983), ISBN 978-0674766914
  • Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1995), 978-0872203167

You must purchase the edition indicated by the ISBN. You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Summer instructor: J. Franklin Williamson, MA
  • Fall instructor: Joseph Bryan
  • Department: History
  • Credit hours: 3
  • View a sample course syllabus.

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HIST 262: History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews

Offered Summer and fall, 2012

This course examines the origins and implementation of the Nazi genocide during World War II, as well as reactions of and realities for European Jews. We will explore the actions and motivations of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders in various European countries. The course also relates these onslaughts to the Nazis’ genocide of other ethnic and social groups as well as acts of genocide outside of Europe, locating them in twentieth-century world history.

Required Textbooks

  • Bergen, War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust, 2nd edition (2009), ISBN 978-0742557154
  • Kaplan, Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (1998)
  • Glowinski, The Black Seasons (2005)
  • Niewyk, The Holocaust: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation, 4th edition (2010)

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

  • Summer instructor: Patrick Tobin, MA
  • Fall instructor: James Franklin Williamson
  • Department: History
  • Credit hours: 3
  • View a sample course syllabus.

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HIST 276: The Modern Middle East

Offered Summer and fall, 2012

This course introduces students to the recent history of the Middle East and compares the Middle East to the United States.

Required Textbooks

  • Layachi, Global Studies: The Middle East, 13th edition (2010), ISBN 978-0073527758
  • Maalouf, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong (2003), ISBN 978-0142002575
  • Herzl, The Jewish State (1989)
  • Khalifah, Wild Thorns (1999)
  • Kinzer, Crescent and Star (2002)
  • Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Iran (2003)
  • Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (2001)

  • Prunier, Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide, revised updated edition (2007), ISBN 978-0801446023

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Films

Students are required to obtain and view two films:

  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Fahrenheit 9/11.

Course Details

  • Summer instructor: Laura Sims, MA
  • Fall instructor: Ned Richardson-Little
  • Department: History
  • Credit hours: 3
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HIST 364: History of American Business

Offered Summer, 2012

This is a survey of the rise and development of the major financial, commercial, manufacturing, and transportation enterprises that transformed the United States from an agricultural into a leading industrial nation.

Required Textbooks

  • Stanley Buder, Capitalizing on Change: A Social History of American Business (2009), ISBN 978-0807832318

You may purchase the textbook at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

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HIST 366: North Carolina History before 1865

Offered Summer, 2012

This course covers the history of North Carolina from the original Indian cultures to the end of the Civil War. Important topics include colonization, the American Revolution, evangelical religion, slavery, economic and political reform, the rise of sectionalism, and the Civil War.

Required Textbooks

  • Link, North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State. ISBN: 978-0674035836
  • Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself. ISBN # 978-0674035836
  • Cecelski, The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina. ISBN: 978-0807849729
  • Troxler, Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina. ISBN: 978-0865263505
  • HIST 366 Course Pack, ISBN: 086005007-6

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices. Please see Textbooks for textbook purchase dates.

Course Details

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