3339. The Texas Southwest The course begins with Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado, passes through the Spanish and Mexican periods and those of the Republic , statehood, and Confederate Texas . Emphasis is upon post Civil War Texas , built first on cattle and agri culture, then augmented by petro leum and industrialization . Attention is also given the Indian Territory and New Mexico. Fall. 3340. American Colonial History A study of the development of mainland English North America us ing a chronolog ical-topical ap proach. Topics include religion, aspects of localism, imperial poli cies , social structure, and early Anglo-American culture. Fall. 3341. America: 1750-1800 After a thorough consideration of Anglo-American society and culture in the mid-eighteenth century, par ticular attention is given to events leading to the American Revolution, the Revolution itself, the Articles of Confederation and the establish ment of the federal Constitution, and the administrations of Washington and Adams. Spring . 3342. Age of Jefferson and Jackson (1800-1845) Beginning with the contribution and thought of Thomas Jefferson, the decisions of the Marshall Court, the Louisiana Purchase, westward ex pansion , the Mississippi River , Jacksonian democracy, Manifest Destiny, and the beginnings of the slavery controversy. Spring . 3343. The American Indian. A study of the Indian from the ear liest times, with emphasis Oil the adjustments made necessary by the landing of European man. 3344. American Diplomatic History I The development of American rela tions with other nations is traced from the Revolution through the Jef ferson and Madison administrations, the Mexican War and early con tinental expansion , the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and im perialism at the turn of the century. Fall.
3345. American Diplomatic History II A study of American relations with Latin America, World War I, isola tionism, participation in World War II, origins of the Cold War, and con temporary diplomatic problems. Spring. 3346. Seminar in American History Selected topics in American histo riography. Spring . 3347. American Social and Cultural History to 1865. Topics covered will include the con cept of the New World, the family, privacy, death, slavery, education, religion, class and social nobility, localism and nationalism. 3348. The Immigrant in American History A study of the major ethnic immi grant groups involved in peopling America from the seventeenth cen tury to modern times. 4323. The Renaissance Between 1300 and 1517, great changes in European life were brought about by the catastrophic Black Death, the Babylonian Captiv ity of the papacy, the activities of merchant venturers, the rise of the new state, and the thought of nomi nalists and the humanists of the Ital ian Renaissance . This course stud ies the effect of these events and movements on the political , eccle siastical, social, and intellectual life, as well as on the art and architec ture, of the time. Fall. 4324. The Reformation After 1517, the Western church broke apart, affecting radically the unity of European culture and civili zation . Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli reshaped religious thought and in stitutions . At the same time, the Ro man Catholic Church underwent a renewal which has affected it to this very day. All of this was accom plished by bitter religioLis and politi cal wars . but also by the rise of modern science, visionary social schemes, and a feverish artistic activity. Spring.
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