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HIST 406 Modern Philippines (3)
TR 1030-1145a Lanzona, Vina
CONTENT: During the mid-to-late nineteenth century, Philippine society underwent dramatic economic, political and cultural transformations. While the beginning of the Spanish colonial period caused massive conversions of the populace, the later period opened up the Philippines to the world market. The end of the Spanish and Philippine-American wars paved the way for three decades of U.S. colonialism in the country. Philippine hopes for independence were shattered with the brief Japanese occupation. The postwar period was a time for reconstruction, nation-building and revolution.
This course traces the development of Philippine history and society from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. It examines the legacies of Spanish, American and Japanese imperialism to the postwar republic in the hope of understanding the challenges facing Philippine society. The course will also focus on several themes in Philippine historiography, particularly colonialism, nationalism, revolution and resistance, and the state and civil society.
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REQUIRED TEXTS: Rizal, Noli Me Tangere; Schriirmer & Shalom, The Philippines Reader; Bulosan, America is in the Heart
HIST 410 Twentieth-Century China (3)
MWF 1030-1120a Brown, Shana
CONTENT: During the twentieth century, China experienced repeated waves of dramatic political, social, cultural, and economic change. This lecture course examines the great historical events of the past hundred years, including the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, the Republican period, the Sino-Japanese War, civil war between the Communists and Nationalists and the establishment of the People’s Republic, the Cultural Revolution, post-war Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the recent reform period. We will also consider China’s “other” histories, including music and literature, sexuality and private life, global diaspora, and the shaping of China’s new urban revolution in art and technology. The overall goal of the course is to understand better how China's modern history has contributed, in both positive and negative ways, to the country's recent emergence as a global power.
REQUIREMENTS: Midterm and final exam; two 5-7 page essays; class attendance and participation.
REQUIRED TEXTS: TBA
HIST 411 Local History of Late Imperial China (3)
MWF 1030-1120a Wang, Wensheng
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HIST 422 Tokugawa Japan (3)
TR 0130-0245p McNally, Mark
CONTENT: This course will focus on Japan's early modern period, otherwise known as the Tokugawa or Edo period (1603-1867). It will cover all major aspects of historical change for the period, with an emphasis on cultural, intellectual, social, political, and diplomatic history. Some of the themes that will be covered: the structure of the Edo bakufu; urbanization; urban society; the development of the Tokugawa economy; rural society; Confucianism; Kokugaku; Shinto and Buddhism; the arrival of the Americans and the end of isolation; bakumatsu politics; the Meiji Restoration.
REQUIREMENTS: Three 5-7 page papers; a final examination; class participation.
REQUIRED TEXTS: McNally, Proving the Way; Toby, State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan; Ooms, Tokugawa Ideology; Ikegami, Bonds of Civility; Totman, Early Modern Japan; Kokichi, Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai
HIST 424 20th-Century Japan (3)
TR 0130-0245p Totani, Yuma
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HIST 432 Crisis and Conflict in the Middle East(3)
TR 1200-0115p Daniel, Elton
CONTENT: This course will examine the major developments that have shaped the volatile Middle East region in the 20th Century. World War I and the Paris Peace Settlement; struggles for independence and decolonization; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Iranian revolution and “Islamic Revival.” Specific topics related to these larger themes--the Mandate System, Suez Crisis, Mosaddeq, Arab-Israeli wars, Intifada, Iranian Revolution and the Hostage Crisis, Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, etc. will be subjects of classroom discussion and analysis.
REQUIREMENTS: Reading textbook and related materials; in class reports and discussion; preparation of a term paper on a topic of the student’s choice related to one of the course themes; final exam. Development of research and writing skills will be emphasized.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Milton-Edwards & Hinchcliffe, Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945; Smith, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIST 443 Nazi Germany (3)
TR 1030-1145a Ziegler, Herbert
CONTENT: The aim of this course is to give as full and balanced an account as possible of the origin, development, and collapse of Hitler’s Third Reich. Chronologically, the course spans the years from the First World War through Germany’s defeat in 1945 to the Nuremberg Trials. The scope will be broad. After a review of the social, economic, and political developments which led to the birth and death of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and its social and political structures as well as its domestic and foreign policies will be presented in all their complex aspects. A number of contentious and important issues will also be addressed. They include but are not limited to the following: the relationship between “big business” and Nazism before 1933, the social composition of the nationalist Socialist movement, whether there was a German “special path” of development leading to the Third Reich, and the relationship between hegemonial expansion and antisemitism.
REQUIREMENTS: Mid-term, final examination, book reviews.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Hafner, The Meaning of HItler; Bartov, Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich; Stephenson, Women in Nazi Germany; Browning, Ordinary Men; Rees, The Nazis: A Warning from History; Kershaw, The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality
HIST 448 Imperial Spain and Portugal (3)
MWF 1130-1220p Speidel, Michael
CONTENT: Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery; conquests in Asia, America, Africa. Four centuries of empire.
REQUIREMENTS: A mid-term and a final exam. Some quizzes, maps.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Diaz, The Conquest of New Spain; Mattingly, The Armada; Columbus, The Four Voyages; Russell-Wood, The Portugese Empire, 1415-1808
HIST 451D History and Literature: Asia (3)
W 0230-0500p Yoo, Jun
CONTENT: TBA
REQUIREMENTS: TBA
REQUIRED TEXTS: Yom, Three Generations; Chi-Won & Chong-Hui, Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers; Fulton, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction; Ahn, Silver Stallion: A Novel of Korea; Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood; Fulton, Modern Korean Fiction; Cumings, Korea's Place in the Sun
HIST 459 African American History (3)
MWF 1030-1120a Daniel, Marcus
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HIST 461 Early America (3)
MWF 0930-1020a Rath, Richard
CONTENT: North America above the Rio Grande and the Atlantic world from earliest times to 1800. We will be considering the history of the original inhabitants of North America before and after contact with Europeans and Africans, and the roles of Western Europeans and Western and Central Africas as well as Native Americans in the making of the Atlantic world.
REQUIREMENTS: Students in History 461 are expected to attend all classes and complete all the readings before the scheduled class period. Come prepared to discuss the reading. Failure to attend a class in which reading material is handed out or assigned does not constitute an excuse from reading the material. A detailed syllabus with links to additional material will be online at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rrath/hist461. There may be changes in the reading over the course of the semester, so always refer to the online syllabus rather than the paper one. Online access is mandatory. There will be weekly assignments on the online discussion board. You are encouraged to use the online discussions first for your questions about the course, as others may have the same question you do.
Grading: There will be a midterm and a final worth 15 points each; weekly online discussion board writing worth 30 points total; an 10 page paper based on individual consultation with the professor, 30 points; and participation and attendance, 10 points. BUT I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE A FAILING GRADE BASED ON POOR ATTENDANCE ALONE. IN ADDITION, ANY INSTANCE OF PLAGIARISM EARNS AN F FOR THE COURSE, NO EXCEPTIONS. DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT CHEATING.
REQUIRED TEXTS: TBA. Usually four or five books.
HIST 472 American Social History (3)
MWF 1130-1220p McGlone, Robert
CONTENT: History of the everyday life of ordinary Americans. With the aid of videos, slides, documents, and paperback books, the class will explore daily life from seventeenth-century villages and farms to the modern metropolis; the social dynamics of protest and riots and changing patterns of race relations; social rank and mobility; disease and medical practice; child-rearing and the family. Students may research their own family histories.
REQUIREMENTS: Students may choose from the following: to keep a journal, make an oral report, write brief papers, do a research project, organize a class debate, count their class participation, or take a mid-term and final exam.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Godbeer, The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England; Demos, The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America; Fenn, Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82; Johnson, Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market; McPherson, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War; Mintz & Kellogg, Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life; Mohr, Plage and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown; Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America; Howells, A Traveler from Altruia
HIST 477 American Labor History (3)
TR 1030-1145a Kraft, James
CONTENT: American workers have had many faces: the skilled artisan, the plantation slave, the female domestic, the “white collar” employee and more. What have these workers had in common? What kind of work did they perform and how has it changed over time? How have they responded to changes in the work environment? What role has government played in shaping that environment? What problems do American workers face today? This course explores these and similar questions.
REQUIREMENTS: Midterm exam, 10-page research paper, final exam, and class attendance.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Borris & Lichtenstein, Major Problems in the History of American Workers, 2nd ed.; Dulles & Dubofsky, Labor in America: A History, 7th ed.; Kraft, Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950
HIST 481 Pacific Islands I (3)
TR 0900-1015a Hanlon, David
CONTENT: This course covers the period from human beings’ first entry into the Pacific Ocean to the start of the colonial period. Topics to be covered will include the nature of history in the Pacific, migration and settlement theory, the structure of “pre-contact” Pacific Island societies, the age of European exploration, the early years of contact between Pacific Islanders and various groups of Euro-Americans, the introduction and impact of Christianity, the “political unification” of Tahiti, Tonga, and Fiji, and the Pacific labor trade. The course will give special emphasis to representations of Pacific Islands societies and to the analysis and interpretation of Islanders’ responses to Western intrusion.
REQUIREMENTS: Two book reviews, a short essay, a mid-term, and a final examination.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Chappell, Double Ghosts; Howe, The Quest for Origins; Meleisea & Schoeffel, Lagaga; Schieffelin & Crittenden, Like People You See in a Dream; Milcairns, Native Strangers
HIST 484 The Hawaiian Kingdom 1819-1893 (3)
MWF 0130-0220p Arista, Noelani
CONTENT: TBA
REQUIREMENTS: TBA
REQUIRED TEXTS: TBA
HIST 496B Senior Tutorial in History: United States (3)
W 0230-0500p McGlone, Robert
CONTENT: This is a tutorial seminar for history majors. The course’s objectives are (1) to improve students’ skills at doing research, analyzing evidence, and writing; (2) to deepen their understanding of the processes involved in “doing” history; and (3) to help them produce the scholarly essay required for completion of a major in history.
REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to report their findings and conclusions to the class, to participate actively in discussing and criticizing fellow students’ work, and to produce a paper of twenty to twenty-five pages, based substantially on research in primary sources. They will also be required to write three two- to three-page papers related to their theses--a book review, an annotated bibliography, and a thesis proposal--as well as a critique of one of the other theses written in the class.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Marius and Page, A Short Guide to Writing About History, 6th ed; Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed.
HIST 496B Senior Tutorial in History: United States (3)
M 0300-0530p Rath, Richard
CONTENT: Analysis of sources and evaluation of methods of historical writing. Research in U.S. history resulting in senior thesis of at least 25 pages based on primary and secondary sources.
REQUIREMENTS: Attend all classes, participate in peer review, meet weekly writing deadlines, write senior thesis.
REQUIRED TEXTS: TBA
HIST 496C Senior Tutorial in History: Europe (3)
TR 0900-1015a Hoffenberg, Peter
CONTENT: Hist 496C provides the opportunity to broaden and deepen one’s understanding of European history, improve research and writing skills, and craft an extended original essay of around 25 pages on a topic of one’s own choosing. Students are encouraged to consider a topic, or question in a field that interests them, such as political history, or the history of film, or women’s history, and are expected to use both primary and secondary materials. Primary sources could include government records, works of art, literature, memoirs, and, among others, correspondence. Secondary sources are interpretations of such primary materials by others, most likely historians. The interpretation and use of primary and secondary materials are the heart and soul of this project. As a designated “Writing Intensive” (W) seminar, please expect weekly writing assignments. Active, engaged and engaging participation at seminar meetings is also expected. This course fulfills the following History Department learning outcomes: 1. Proficiency in working with and interpreting primary sources. 2. Ability to master secondary literature for a specific topic. 3. Mastery of main issues in the secondary literature of field of concentration. 4. Demonstration of critical thinking. 5. Ability to make a clear argument and develop it using historical method(s). 6. Ability to write expository prose.
REQUIREMENTS: Attendance and participation.
1-p essay on “What was/is Europe?”
1-p essay on “What is European History?”
Oral introduction and 2-pp discussion of one chapter in Blanning, ed., The Oxford History of Modern
Europe (25 points)
Short answers to questions about A Short Guide to Writing About History and Politics and the English
Language (25 points)
1-p description of the historical problem to be addressed in the research essay (25 points)
2-pp abstract and 1-p bibliography for the essay (25 points)
Introduction and discussion of one secondary and one primary source (25 points each for a total of 50 points)
2-pp outline of essay (25 points)
Rough draft (circa 15-pp) of the essay and comments on other drafts (50 points)
One final essay of approximately 25 pages (150 points)
REQUIRED TEXTS: Blanning, ed., The Oxford History of Modern Europe; Marius; Turabian, Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations; Page, A Short Guide to Writing About History, 5th ed.
Additional required readings are attached to the syllabus, or will be provided by the instructor.
HIST 496D Senior Tutorial in History: Asia/Pacific (3)
R 0300-0530p Bertz, Ned
CONTENT: This course will assist history majors to write a substantial senior thesis based on original research into a topic in Asian or Pacific history. To accomplish this exciting and formidable task, students will participate in collaborative efforts to improve their skills at conducting primary research, analyzing historical evidence, and organizing and writing a serious scholarly essay. At the end of the semester, successful students will have completed a considerable senior thesis and progressed in their development from history majors to historians.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced in class.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, and Storey, Writing History: A Guide for Students