HIST 387: Topics in Global History

HIST 387-004: Global Microhistories
(Spring 2016)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Krug Hall 242

Section Information for Spring 2016

Do you enjoy a good story? Do you like reading about people and how they lived in the past? If so, join us in Global Microhistories and learn about individuals, groups of people, places, and events through engagingly-written narratives. We will focus on the Atlantic World (Europe, Africa, Latin America, and British America) in the early modern period (1500-1800) and we will examine the lives of women and men; Native Americans, Africans, Europeans and their descendants; Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and others. Beyond the fun of learning about people’s lives on an intimate level, reading these detailed histories allows us to understand larger historical events and processes from a personal perspective and gives us insight into groups and cultures that are not as well-represented in more traditional histories.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3-6

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest in global, Latin American, African, Asian, or Middle Eastern history. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Mason Core: Global Understanding
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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