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Academic Year 2004/2005
Waterways: Boats, Oceans, and History
HIST 264 SP
In this survey course students will examine human history through the double lens of boats and oceans. The approach will combine the structures and conjunctures of world history with thematic inquiries around social and
cultural problems ¿ particularly during the ¿age of sail¿ ¿ such as war, economy, technology, race, gender, discipline, and empire. In addition, throughout the semester student teams will do research and writing on the
history
of Middletown from the perspective of water transport; this work will form the basis for a multilayered website provisionally entitled ¿Middletown and the World.¿
MAJOR READINGS
McNeill, THE CHANGING SHAPE OF THE WORLD HISTORY
Dana, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Selections from:
Braudel, MEDITERRANEAN
Casson, THE ANCIENT MARINERS
Pryor, GEOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY, AND WAR
Keegan, THE
PRICE OF ADMIRALTY
Kirch, ON THE
ROAD OF THE WINDS
Cunliffe, FACING THE OCEAN
Chaudhuri, TRADE AND CIVILIZATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
¿ and other readings TBA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Short papers, three in-class exams, and a team-based website construction project.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Pinch,William (Vijay)
- Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: PAC422;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 60)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 20
- SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 10 SO: 10 FR: 15
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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