HIST 100 Landmarks in World HistoryF 0.5
A thematic introduction to the rise and decline of western empires, 1500-1900. Lectures, readings, and discussions.
History (HIST)
87 courses in the 1992–93 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
HIST 102C The Origins of Wars in the Twentieth CenturyF,W 0.5
An analysis of the diplomatic, political, economic, ideological, social and cultural explanations of the causes of the major wars of this century with special emphasis on Canada.
HIST 102E Canadian HistoryF,W 0.5
Selected major themes from pioneer life to Canadian involvement in 20th century wars.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 102F An introduction to Western Intellectual History Since the RenaissanceS 0.5
An exploration of some of the questions and answers posed by thinkers on the human predicament from Renaissance and Reformation times to the modern period. Readings range trom Luther to J.P. Sartre, Shakespeare to Marx and Freud. Taught in French in the 1993 Spring Term.
Course Descriptions History
HIST 102M Law and Society in the Middle AgesF 0.5
500-1000 A study of the laws and legal procedures of the Early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic taw will be examined along with legal procedures and institutions of that era.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 130 The Modern World in Historical PerspectiveF,W,S 0.5
This course will introduce students, through interrelationships and interaction of selected themes, to contemporary histoty. Its format includes two interpretive lectures per week plus major films on 20th century crises and discussion groups.
HIST 200 History and FilmW 0.5
An introduction to issues in modern cultural history through the study of selected narratives and documentary films with supplementary reading, lectures and discussions.
HIST 204 Life on the Ontario FrontierW,S 0.5
The course examines the cultural, moral, social and economic adaptations of European settlers to the Upper Canadian frontier environment.
HIST 208 The Cold War: American-Russian Relations Since November, 1917W 0.5
Traditional and radical historians examine the Cold War: American-Russian rivalry, 19th century; Wilson vs. Lenin; F.D.R., Truman and Stalin; containment, coexistence, and the politics of crisis from 1945 to the present.
HIST 210 History of LawF,W 0.5
An historical introduction to faw in the Ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite and Roman law and legal practices and concepts will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 213 Modern Western Popular CultureW 0.5
This course examines historically the formation of a distinct modern western popular culture, looking primarily at Britain, France, Canada and the United States from around 1850 to the present and emphasizing such aspects as industrialism and leisure, the family and sexual attitudes, religion and popular belief, education and literacy, drinking habits, organized sport and mass entertainment.
HIST 215 The Proper Sphere: Canadian Women in Historical PerspectiveF 0.5
This course will examine the history of women in Canada from New France to the present day. The course will focus on the inter-relationship between women and their society, particularly as it affects the issues of work, health, reform and legal status.
HIST 218 German History 1740-1945F 0.5
The development of Germany from the Austrian-Prussian rivalry of 1740 through to the end of World War Il.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 221 Race Relations in Canada: An Historical PerspectiveF,S 0.5
The “race problem” has appeared on the Canadian public agenda for the 1980's, but the issue is not of recent origin. This course will examine Euro-Canadian attitudes and practices toward non-European minorities from pioneer times to the present, and will set racial policies in the context of the evolution of a Canadian national identity.
HIST 222 History of Modern RevolutionsW 0.5
An introduction to historical explanations of revolutions with special focus on social change and revolutionary theories. The French, Russian and Chinese Revolutions will be used as case studies.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 234 Catholic Church in Canada since Confederation An examination of the Catholic Church inF 0.5
Canada since Confederation, with an emphasis on social and political influences.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 235 History of ChristianityF,W 3C 0.5
The development of Christianity in its Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant traditions from the time of Christ to the present. Offered at St. Jerome's College Cross-listed as RS 230
HIST 237 Ancient Civilization 1W 0.5
A survey of the civilizations of the Ancient Near East focusing on Mesopotamia (Sumer and Akkad, the Babylonian Dynasty and the Third Dynasty of Ur), Hatti, Assyria and Egypt.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
This course is acceptable for credit by the Classical Studies Department.
HIST 238 Ancient Civilization 2F 0.5
An introduction to the social, political and cultural history of Rome in its development from a Republic to an Empire. Speciat attention will be given to the sources of political power. Offered at St. Jerome's College Classical Studies accepts HIST 238 for Classical Studies credit, but a student may not take both HIST 238 and CLAS 282.
HIST 239 History of Modern China, 1911 to the PresentF 0.5
Some of the topics studied in this course include: the three stages of warlordism, the May Fourth Movement and the structure of society in the People’s Republic of China.
HIST 240 Twentieth-Century Japanese HistoryW 0.5
This course will examine the historical influences, both domestic and foreign, which led Japan to follow the course which has brought it to the present status of a powerful Asian nation.
HIST 247 Mennonite History: A SurveyF 0.5
This course covers Mennonite origins, teachings, migrations, settlement pattems, divisions, leaders, institutions, and religious and social practices, indeed all facets of Mennonite history in various national settings.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 249 History of Canadian-American Relations Since 1914F 0.5
An examination of the history of relations between the two countries since 1914. Topics of a political, economic, social and Cultural nature will be studied.
Course Descriptions History
HIST 250 The Art and Craft of HistoryF 0.5
This course will provide a collegial learning setting within which students will be introduced to techniques of historical writing and research, and some examples of the best of recent historical scholarship. Recommended for all Year Two History majors. Other students will need the permission of the professors to take this course.
HIST 253 Canadian History: The Colonial PeriodF 0.5
This course examines the major themes in pre-Confederation Canadian history including the rise and fall of New France, the creation of British North American societies in the Maritimes and Upper Canada and economic and political development.
HIST 254 Canadian History: The National PeriodW,S 0.5
This course examines Confederation, the rise of political parties, Canadian external relations, western discontent, the impact of both world wars and political and economic changes in Canada since 1945.
HIST 255 The Expansion of EnglandF 0.5
The history of the British Empire down to the American War of Independence, telling the story of the Tudor seadogs, of the plantation of Ireland, the settlement of the North American mainland, the establishment of slave plantations in the Caribbean, and the earliest British enterprises in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
HIST 256 The British Empire and CommonwealthW 0.5
The history of British imperialism between the loss of the American colonies and the Falklands Islands War of 1982, tracing the rise of the settlement colonies to dominion status, the huge expansion of the dependent empire during the age of the New Imperialism, the imperial apogee after World War |, and the rapid change from Empire to New Commonwealth after World War II.
HIST 257 The United States to 1900F 0.5
From the British provincial society of the 18th century to the emergence of modem America. Special emphasis on the American character, and on the moral _ dilemmas of republicanism and democracy, freedom and slavery, equality and competition.
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HIST 258 America: Twentieth CenturyF 0.5
An analysis of two major themes: how America managed political reform and social change at home, and its emergence as a world power.
HIST 262 Europe: 16th to 18th CenturyF 0.5
An introduction to the social and cultural history of Europe (including England) from the 16th century to the French Revolution. The course will focus on topics such as the social structure, daily life, the role of women and the family.
HIST 263 Europe: 1789-1945W 0.5
The growth of nationalism and nation states since the French revolution with attention to the Industrial Revolution, the World Wars, Fascism, Naziism and Stalinism.
HIST 273 Canadian Social History 1F 0.5
This course will cover the period from the early settlement of Canada to the beginnings of urban industrial development. Focus will be on the experiences of Canadians in their daily lives.
HIST 274 Canadian Social History 2W 0.5
The social and cultural development of Canada from the late nineteenth century to the present day..
HIST 300 F 0.5
The idea of History The course is an introduction to the Philosophy of History and to historiography from the 19th century to the present. it deals with the great theoretical issues influencing historical analysis and with the classics of historical literature.
Highly recommended for Year Three History majors.
HIST 305 The English ReformationW,S 0.5
A history of the English reformation, expansively considered from the beginnings of the European Reformation to the establishment of the Anglican church in the Revolutionary and Restoration periods in the 17th century.
HIST 307 British History 1760-1867F 0.5
A study of people, power, thought and culture in the world's first industrializing society.
HIST 308 Britain Since 1867W 0.5
A study of the British experience and of Britain's part in world history from the 1860's to the 1980's.
HIST 315 American Cultural History 1: Words and ThingsF 0.5
An intermediate-level exploration of concepts in cultural studies: mentalities, representations, cultural production and reproduction. Early settler societies and the emergence of the Republic and of a national! culture will be examined. Specific themes will include ideas and practices of virtue, craftsmanship, obligation, time, family, work, from the age of Edwards and Franklin to that of Tocqueville and Emerson.
HIST 316 American Cultural History 2: Devices and DesiresW 0.5
Modern American industrial society and popular, modernist and post-modernist culture will be examined. Specific themes will include icleas and practices of progress, consumption, leisure, entertainment, sex, liberation, from the age of Vebien and William James to that of McLuhan and Warhol.
HIST 325 History of Canadian Indians to 1870's “From Freedom to Conquest”. The historyF 0.5
of Indian-white contact and its effect on the lite and culture of the native Canadians.
HIST 329 Origins of the Common LawW 0.5
A study of the common law of England from its introcluction in the 11th century to the 15th century. Original documents and court cases will be examined.
Offered at St. Jerome's College
HIST 340 Europe: 1789-1914W 0.5
This course will examine European society amidst the dramatic changes of the nineteenth century. It will consider class, the family, gender, religion, and institutions during this century of political and social transformation.
HIST 346 Mennonite History: Special TopicsW 0.5
A study of the Mennonite experience in Russia.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
Course Descriptions History
HIST 350 British West Indian HistoryW 0.5
A survey history of the British Caribbean, widely defined. Topics emphasized include early colonization, plantations, slave society, abolition and emancipation, the growth of nationalism, independence, and the roots of contemporary problems.
HIST 355 Russian History to 1900F 0.5
The course will focus on selected themes in the development of Muscovite and \mperial Russia from pre-tsarist times to the beginning of the 20th century.
HIST 356 W 0.5
20th-Century Russia
The course will focus on selected themes in Russia's development in the 20th century including the Soviet period.
HIST 358 The History of Modem Germany: From the Weimar Republic to ReconstructionW 0.5
A study of Germany from the rise of the Nazis through the War experience, the post-War settlement, the integration of the refugees, the division into East and West, and the economic miracie.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 379 Reformation HistoryF 0.5
A study of the major sixteenth-century reformers and their intellectual background in humanism and late medieval scholasticism. Special attention will be given to the Lutheran and Reformed traditions and their ideological, social, political expressions.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
HIST 387 Ontario History since ConfederationW,S 0.5
The course will examine the emergence of Ontario as an industrial giant and the development of its hegemony in Canada. An emphasis will also be placed on the sources and methods of local historical research.
HIST 389 Canada in World Affairs: From Laurier to TrudeauW 0.5
An analytical and historical examination of Canadian foreign policy in the international system, Domestic sources of Canadian foreign policy and international sources of Canadian foreign policy are examined in detail.
HIST 390 Shaping the Canadian City, 1880-1990F 0.5
Introduction to retrospective policy analysis as applied to contemporary urban topics. Focuses on the history of environmental issues such as pollution and water management and social problems in health, education, welfare and culture.
HIST 396 The History of the American SouthW 0.5
This course traces the main eras and issues in Southern history from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. Topics examined will include pre-revolutionary and antebellum South, the Trial of Tears, the Civil War and reconstruction, the New South, the “lost cause”, the era of Jim Crow, and the search for the central theme.
HIST 397 Directed Studies in Special TopicsF,W,S 0.5
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
HIST 397A Social History of Rural Ontario sinceW 0.5
1850 A study of the final transition from pioneer to farmer, the way of life in the Ontario farm community from 1850 to the present, and the 20th-century changes and challenges.
Offered on a one-time only basis
HIST 398 Directed Studies In Special TopicsF,W,S 0.5
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
400 LEVEL
Senior Seminars
Each term of a senior seminar counts 1.0 credit. Seminars with the suffix “A” are reading seminars designed to give students an extensive acquaintance with scholarship in a particular field of history. Seminars with the suffix “B” are research seminars in which students will engage in research on particular topics in that field. Students should preregister for senior seminars, and for HIST 491, Independent Study in Special Subjects.
HIST 400A Reformation/B FW 1.0/1.0
HIST 401A European/B 1.0/1.0
HIST 402A RussianW 1.0
HIST 4034VB 1.0/1.0 Canadian
HIST 4054/B 1.0/1.0 British
HIST 4074V/B 1.0/1.0 imperial
HIST 409A4VB 1.0/1.0 American
410A/B CREDITS.1.0/1.0 Historiography
HIST 491 Independent Study in Special SubjectsF,W,S 1.0
HIST 102K Contlict in the Caribbean and Central America
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 102N Introduction to African History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 201 Canadian Urban History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 202 The Individual and the Family in History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 203 Modem Quebec
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 206 History of Canadian Minorities
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 207 Canadian Labour History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 209 Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500-1984
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 211 British History to 1603
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 212 British History since 1603
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 219 Survey of Russian History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 230 Church and Revolution in Latin
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 232 Revoiutions in Latin America
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 233 Civil-Military Relations in Latin America
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 241 Society and Sexes in Early Modern Europe
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 248 History of Canadian-American Relations to 1914
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 259 Modern African History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 260 Europe: 814-1303
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 261 Europe: 14th to 16th Century
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 304 Medieval Church History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 319 French-Canadian History
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 320 The History of Modern Quebec
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 321 Race Relations — Modern
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 326 Canadian Indians since 1870's
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 339 France in 19th Century
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 348 Radical Reformation
Not offered in 1992–93.
HIST 385 Canada: Macdonaid to Laurier Course Descriptions Independent Studies - Italian
Not offered in 1992–93.