History (21H) - Archived: Recent submissions
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21H.433 The Age of Reason: Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Spring 2002
(2002-06)A study of the evolution of European society from the end of the seventeenth century to the outbreak of World War I. Its politics, the nature of its social system, the workings of its economy, and its intellectual ... -
21H.615 The Middle East in 20th Century, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This course explores the 20th-century history of the Middle East, concentrating on the Fertile Crescent, Egypt, Turkey, the Arabian peninsula, and Iran. We will begin by examining the late Ottoman Empire and close with the ... -
21H.206 American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001
(2001-12)Examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and ...