First-Year Courses in History (Division 390)

Winter Term, 2000 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Eun-su Cho (eunsucho@umich.edu)

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Korean 150.001.

U.S. History

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Susan Juster (sjuster@umich.edu)

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

A survey of early American history from the period of initial colonization through the Civil War. The course will be organized around the interactions of the three dominant cultures which came together in early America: Native American, European, and African. We will explore the internal dynamics of each culture (family life, religious beliefs, political system, labor arrangements, gender roles) and how the clash of cultures shaped the experience of Americans in the colonial and national periods. Specific topics will include the problems of forming communities in an alien environment, the transition to slave labor and the origins of an African-American society, the American Revolution and the creation of the republic, the emergence of sectionalism, and the impact of early industrialism. Students will attend two lectures each week, and read a series of monographs and primary documents. A short paper and a final exam are required.

Section 001 – Culture and Politics In Modern Korea. Meets with Asian Studies 254.001.

Instructor(s): Henry Em

First-Year Seminar,

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Asian Studies 254.001.

Section 002 – Paris and Vienna, 1890-1920

Instructor(s): Rudi Lindner (rpl@umich.edu)

First-Year Seminar,

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

In the generation before 1920 many of the issues that remain unresolved at the end of this century arose in the societies of Vienna and Paris. Using the writings of contemporary authors, their music, art, architecture and cinema, we shall explore those issues and their emergence. Among the topics treated are the elaboration of total war, the acceptance and rejection of a new physics and astronomy, the modern movement in architecture, the discovery of the unconscious, the role of fashion in sport, and the growth of the cinema. This is a discussion seminar, and students should expect to devote some time to listening and viewing assignments.