Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2002
History (HIST)

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HIST 101   EUROPE'S 500 YEARS 1450 - 1815           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Comprehensive exploration of how the world was thoroughly reshaped by the
European experience.  Recommended for freshmen and sophomores. Offered with
additional work as Hist 301.
001 SH 307 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Zammito, John H.          Enr: 47 Max: 0

HIST 117   THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877              Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of American social, political, and economic history from the early
republic through the Civil War and Reconstruction, with emphasis on
industrialization and the history of labor, women's history, and race
relations. Offered with additional work as Hist 317.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     Baker, Laura              Enr: 20 Max: 0

HIST 207   GREEK C IVILIZATION: FROM HOMER TO ALEXA Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The artistic, political, scientific, and religious achievements of Greek
civilization imprinted themselves on the Western world in such a way that all
of Western history, literature, art and thought up to the present has been
fundamentally influenced by Greeks. This course will survey the Greek
achievement from Homer through the birth of democracy in Athens to the spread
of Greek civilization by the conquests of Alexander the Great. No
prerequisites. Also offered as CLAS 207 adn HUMA 109.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     George, Coulter           Enr: 23 Max: NA

HIST 211   AMERICAN THOUGHT AND SOCIETY I           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of 17th- and 18th-century American history, with emphasis on
intellectual and social developments underlying the surface of events. Offered
with additional work as Hist 311.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Haskell, Thomas L.        Enr: 21 Max: 0

HIST 221   JAPAN IN THE WORLD UNTIL 1800            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Premodern Japan has often been portrayed as a "closed country," unique in its
glorious isolation.  In this survey, we will examine the cultural, social, and
economic development of Japan within a regional and world context, focusing on
such issues as the origins of the Japanese people; the contentious relations
between Korea and Japan; the importance of Japan in European expansion; and the
relations of Japan to a vibrant intellectual and cultural world in East Asia.
Offered with additional work as Hist 421.
001 RH 202 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Thal, Sarah               Enr: 7 Max: 0

HIST 231   AFRICA TO 1884                           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Survey of the changing historiography of Africa.  Includes the emergence of the
Bantu, early Christianity and Islam, trans-Saharan trade, the medieval Sudanic
empires, statelessness and state formation, Portugal in Africa, the slave
trade, South Africa to 1867, the Mfecane, the Sudanic jihads, long-distance
trade, and African-European relations in the nineteenth-century.
001 KH 105 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Odhiambo, Atieno S.       Enr: 7 Max: 0

HIST 241   U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY I: COLONIAL BEGINNI Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This survey of American women's history examines the lives of elite, working,
black, Indian, and white women, and traces changes in women's legal, political,
and economic status from the mid-17th-century through the Civil War.  Readings
emphasize women's engagement with Revolutionary politics, slavery, divorce law,
temperance agitation, and the origins of American feminism. Offered with
additional work as HIST 391. Also offered as WGST 234.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Sneider, Allison          Enr: 6 Max: 0

HIST 256   EUROPEAN POLITICS & SOCIETY, 1890-1945   Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Examination of European history in the age of total war.  Includes imperialism
and the development of the welfare state, institutional responses to the
demands of total warfare, the crisis of liberal constitutionalism, the Russian
Revolution, and the rise of fascism.
001 SS 106 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Caldwell, Peter C.        Enr: 23 Max: 0

HIST 267   A NECESSARY EVIL: THE MILITARY IN COLONI Credits 3.00  Fall 02
The African military has had an important association with, and been a
participant in, major significant moments in African history. Some of these
were positive experiences, others negative. By examining these events, this
course attempts to facilitate a greater understanding of the African military
and Africa's colonial and post-colonial history.
001 TBA - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM         Owino, Meshack            Enr: 2 Max: NA

HIST 277   HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1453-1918 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course surveys the political, social, economic, and cultural history of
the Ottoman Empire. Offered with additional work as HIST 377.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Makdisi, Ussama           Enr: 2 Max: 0

HIST 286   THE REFORMATION & ITS RESULTS            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Theology and church-state issues from the 16th-century Reformation to the
17th-century; medieval background; Luther and Calvin, the Catholic Reformation,
religious wars, Protestant Orthodoxy, Pietist spirituality, Puritanism, and
calls for toleration.
Also offered as Reli 286.
001 HUM 226 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM      Stroup, John M.           Enr: 9 Max: 0

HIST 295   THE AMERICAN SOUTH                       Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of the history of the American South from the development of Native
American cultures to the present.  Includes social, cultural, and intellectual
history, with emphasis on slavery and the plantation economy, the rise of
southern distinctiveness, the Civil War and Reconstruction, sharecropping,
political reform, the civil rights movement, the rise of the Sunbelt, southern
religion, music, and literature, and the future of southern regionalism.
Offered with additional work as Hist 395.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM     Boles, John B.            Enr: 31 Max: 0

HIST 300   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits   Fall 02
Independent study under the supervision of a history faculty member.  Hours are
variable.
Permisssion of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: 0

HIST 301   EUROPE'S 500 YEARS 1450 - 1815           Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 101.  May not receive credit for both Hist 101 and
301. Recommended for Junior and Seniors.
001 SH 307 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Zammito, John H.          Enr: 26 Max: 0

HIST 303   UNDERGRADUATE  INDEPENDENT READING       Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Independent reading under the supervision of a history faculty member.  Open to
a limited number of advanced students with special permission.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 311   AMERICAN THOUGHT & SOCIETY I             Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 211. Students may not receive credit for both Hist 211
and 311.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM     Haskell, Thomas L.        Enr: 12 Max: 0

HIST 317   THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877              Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 117.  May not receive credit for both Hist 117 and
Hist 317.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     Baker, Laura              Enr: 11 Max: 0

HIST 332   ENGENDERING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: THE HIST Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course traces the history of American voting rights from the colonial
period through the present and focuses our attention on changing ideas about
democracy, sovereignty, and consent.  In turn we will assess the importance of
class, gender, and race to the cultural, political, and legal history of
enfranchisement.  Also offered as WGST 232.  Enrollment limited to 25.
Pre-req- Permission of the instructor.
001 KH 107 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Sneider, Allison          Enr: 9 Max: 25

HIST 335   CARIBBEAN HISTORY TO 1838                Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Study of Caribbean history from the arrival of the Europeans to the abolition
of slavery in the British West Indies in 1838, with emphasis on the social and
economic history of the region.  Includes the question of why slavery and the
plantation system both emerged and fell.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM     Cox, Edward L.            Enr: 28 Max: 0

HIST 347   U.S. LABOR HISTORY: 20TH-CENTURY REPRESE Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This lecture/discussion course considers the last century of American labor
history through a close analysis of journalism, fiction, and film. Topics will
include: industrialization, immigration, gender, inductrial unionism, race
relations, syndicalist, socialist and communist organizing, agrarian labor, and
deindustrialization. Reading will be supplemented by required evening film
showings. Enrollment is limited to 25.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Lichtenstein, Alex        Enr: 16 Max: NA

HIST 371   THE HISTORY OF MODERN FRANCE, I: 1750-18 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Survey of the history of France from the Enlightenment to the present day
focusing on the political and social conflicts that French society has
undergone, as well as the role of extra-European influcences on France.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM         Slavin, David             Enr: 0 Max: NA

HIST 377   HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1453-1918 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Enriched version of Hist 277.  May not receive credit for both Hist 277 and
Hist 377.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Makdisi, Ussama           Enr: 12 Max: 0

HIST 383   BYZANTIUM & THE RISE OF ISLAM            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
An exploration of the Byzantine Empire, pre-Islamic Arabia, and the Islamic
Near East to the end of the Umayyad Dynasty. Major themes of political,
religious and economic history from ca. 500 to 750 A.D. are examined via
interdisciplinary and comparative study.
001 HUM 327 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM     Decker, Michael           Enr: 9 Max: NA

HIST 386   RECENT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY               Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course will examine American policy during the climatic years of the Cold
War.  Topics will include detente under Nixon and Carter, confrontation under
Reagan, the "new thinking" of Gorbachev, regional conflicts, and the fall of
the Soviet Union. Enrollment is limited to 30.
001 BL 123 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Matusow, Allen J.         Enr: 27 Max: 0

HIST 391   U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY I: COLONIAL BEGINNI Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of HIST 241. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 241
and HIST 391. Also offered as WGST 381.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM     Sneider, Allison          Enr: 5 Max: 0

HIST 395   THE AMERICAN SOUTH                       Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An enriched version of Hist 295. May not receive credit for both Hist 295 and
395.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM     Boles, John B.            Enr: 34 Max: 0

HIST 403   HONORS THESIS                            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Restricted to students who have been admitted to the honors program; consent of
the director of the honors program is required. Students must take both Hist
403 and 404 to gain credit.
001 TBA - TBA                           Cox, Edward L.            Enr: 5 Max: 0

HIST 409   HISTORY OF EAST AFRICA                   Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Survey of East African cultures, societies, economies, and politics from
earliest times to the present.  Includes the peoples and languages of East
Africa, migrations and settlement, state formation, long-distance trade and
expansions in scale, imperialisms and colonial conquest, colonial
transformations of African societies, nationalism, and independence.
001 RH 205 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM       Odhiambo, Atieno S.       Enr: 9 Max: 0

HIST 415   THE RISE & FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE    Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Seminar course that teaches how the largest empire in world history came into
existence, the impact it had on people and states worldwide, and its decline
and fall. Course work will consist of reading, viewing, and evaluating films,
and, most important, preparing and summarizing in class a research paper on a
topic of choice.  Enrollment limited to 15.
Some background in either British history or the history of one of the areas
impacted by the British desirable.
001 RH 205 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM        Wiener, Martin J.         Enr: 11 Max: 15

HIST 421   JAPAN IN THE WORLD UNTIL 1800            Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Enriched version of Hist 221.  May not receive credit for
both Hist 221 and 421.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM         Thal, Sarah               Enr: 5 Max: 0

HIST 424   NAVIGATION & CARTOGRAPHY                 Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Navigation and cartography changed more rapidly in the period from 1400 to 1600
than in any other period prior to the twentieth-century.  Topics covered
include the history of projections, origin of latitude and longitude scales,
compass roses, ship design and related subjects.  A list of the subjects
covered appears at <http://www.rice.edu/latitude>.  Enrollment limited to 15.
001 TBA - TH 07:00PM - 09:30PM          Seed, Patricia            Enr: 20 Max: 15
002 HUM 328 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM       Seed, Patricia            Enr: 17 Max: 15

HIST 433   THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT                Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This seminar traces the history and politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict.  It
delves into both Palestinian and Israeli understandings of the past and present
using books, documentaries, and films.  The course seeks to understand how and
at what costs Israeli and Palestinian nationalisms have been constructed and
analyzes U.S. involvement in the conflict. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 HUM 328 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM       Makdisi, Ussama           Enr: 18 Max: 15

HIST 439   COMPARATIVE SLAVERY FROM ANTIQUITY TO TH Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This seminar introduces students to the debates on the history of slavery in
human society.  It will examine case studies in Africa, Asia and Europe and
compare the changing nature of slavery over time.  The focus will be on a
number of comparative themes including: slavery and the state; slavery and
gender; slave trades; and slave resistance.  Also offered as Hist 539.
Enrollment is limited.
001 HUM 327 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM       Ward, Kerry               Enr: 8 Max: 0

HIST 453   THE DISINTEGRATION OF YUGOSLAVIA         Credits 3.00  Fall 02
This course examines the history of the Yugoslav ideal and Yugoslavia's
disintegration in an attempt to help students better understand the conflicts
in the region. It also tries to put the wars of Yugoslac succession into a
larger historical context, requiring the evaluation of conflicting historical
interpretations and sources. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 SH 305 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM        Dunlap, Tanya             Enr: 5 Max: 15

HIST 459   TOPICS IN MODERN GERMAN HISTORY          Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Seminar on selected topics in the history of Germany. Contents vary from year
to year. Topic Fall 2002:  Germany from revolution to unification, 1844-1878.
Also offered as GERM 358.  Enrollment limited to 15.
001 HUM 328 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM       Caldwell, Peter C.        Enr: 3 Max: 15

HIST 464   SEMINAR TOPICS IN POST-1945 U.S. HISTORY Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Research seminar on selected topics.  Contents vary. Enrollment is limited to
15.
Prereq- permission of instructor required.
001 RH 205 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM        Matusow, Allen J.         Enr: 7 Max: 15

HIST 471   COMPARATIVE SETTLER STATES: THE INVENTIO Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Out of modern European colonial expansion a new type of state arose in settler
societies such as the southern U.S., South Africa, French Algeria, and
Palestine-Israel. The social structure included both racially privileged and
subordinated work forces. This seminar  will explore the history of "white
supremacist democracy" in these states and others, such as Australia, New
Zealand, and Russia. Topics will include genocide and forced labor of people of
color as essential or accidental ingredients of settler politics; the
contribution of Nazi Judeocide in W.W. II to the acceleration process of
globalizing settlerdom; and the continuation of this trend in postcolonial
Europe. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 TBA - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM           Slavin, David             Enr: 0 Max: 5

HIST 483   THE MODERN CITY                          Credits 3.00  Fall 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Over the past two centuries, cities have transformed human consciiousness,
culture, and society in profound ways, giving rise to "modern life". This
seminar examines the history and sociology of the modern city in the U.S. The
focus will be on understanding the processes shaping urban development and
their larger signifigance. Topics will include the city as experience and
perspective, the city as social form, and the uses of space to solve social
problems. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 TBA - WF 02:00PM - 03:30PM          Baker, Laura              Enr: 4 Max: 15

HIST 501   MASTER'S HISTORICAL RESEARCH             Credits   Fall 02
Research for master's thesis.  Must take both Hist 501 and 502 to receive
credit.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 503   GRADUATE TOPICS                          Credits   Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 511   DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY I  Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No Description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 7 Max: 0

HIST 513   DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN  HISTORY I Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No Description
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: 0

HIST 515   DIRECTED READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY I  Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Gruber, Ira D.            Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 516   DIRECTED READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY II Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA                           Gruber, Ira D.            Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 517   DIRECTED READINGS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY   Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 521   DIRECTED READINGS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY    Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 525   DIRECTED READINGS IN AFRICAN HISTORY     Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 527   DIRECTED READING IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY, Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 528   DIRECTED READING IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY, Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: 0

HIST 529   DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00  Fall 02
For graduate students only.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 0

HIST 531   DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00  Fall 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 3 Max: 0

HIST 539   COMPARATIVE SLAVERY FROM ANTIQUITY TO TH Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Graduate version of Hist 439.  Students may not recieve credit for both Hist
439 and Hist 539.
001 HUM 327 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM       Ward, Kerry               Enr: 3 Max: 0

HIST 541   GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Seminar designed to introduce graduate students to historiographic background,
sources, and methods for conducting primary research in post-1865 southern US
history. Topics will include, but not be limited to: labor, politics, and civil
rights. Research paper required.
001 RH 106 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM        Lichtenstein, Alex        Enr: 8 Max: NA

HIST 550   MAIN ISSUES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY         Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Examination of the major local and international forces and ideas that have
shaped the course of the history of the Caribbean.
001 HUM 327 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM       Cox, Edward L.            Enr: 4 Max: 0

HIST 565   GRADUATE READING SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERIC Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Study of major works on the English colonies of North America, as well as
topics of particular interest to individual students.
001 HUM 327 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM       Gruber, Ira D.            Enr: 3 Max: 0

HIST 571   COMPARATIVE SETTLER STATES: THE INVENTIO Credits 3.00  Fall 02
Graduate version of HIST 471. Students may not recive credit for both HIST 471
and 571.
001 TBA - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM           Slavin, David             Enr: 0 Max: 5

HIST 575   INTRODUCTION TO DOCTORAL STUDIES         Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Introduction to a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to
historical research, as well as to important current debates about the nature
of historical investigation and interpretation.  Discussion, short weekly
essays, and one longer paper based on course readings required.
001 HUM 327 - M 02:30PM - 05:30PM       Wiener, Martin J.         Enr: 6 Max: 0

HIST 588   GRADUATE RESEARCH IN U.S. INTELLECTUAL/C Credits 4.00  Fall 02
Topics vary.
001 HUM 327 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM      Haskell, Thomas L.        Enr: 10 Max: NA

HIST 591   GRADUATE READING                         Credits 1.00  Fall 02
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 4 Max: 0

HIST 592   GRADUATE READING                         Credits 1.00  Fall 02
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: 0

HIST 593   GRADUATE READING                         Credits 1.00  Fall 02
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 1 Max: 0

HIST 800   PH.D RESEARCH                            Credits   Fall 02
Research for doctoral dissertation.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 16 Max: 0