A detailed study of Britain's political, social, diplomatic and industrial development in the 19th century.

This course covers the rise, fall, and rise of the British empire from its extension into Scotland and Ireland till the beginning of the age of "New Imperialism," explaining the means by which Britain came to dominate one-third of the globe, and its impact on the many cultures, economics, and geopolitical entities of the third world. It will further discuss how those cultures transformed Britain itself.

Professors will offer lecture and discussion courses in areas in which they have special teaching interest. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.

Professors will offer lecture and discussion courses in areas in which they have special teaching interest. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.

Course will examine major scholarly debates in American history to 1877.

Supervised reading at the graduate level of a selected bibliography of the essential literature of various special topics. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits with different topics.

History 663, "The Atlantic World," is a colloquium intended to introduce students to the burgeoning field of the Atlantic World, in the era approximately 1600-1850. The course aims to familiarize specialists in US history with broader trends in the world during the period of colonial and early national American history and to decenter the United States and Britain in familiar stories such as slavery and revolution.

This course is an introduction to selected topics in oral history methodology and theory. It is designed for persons intending to use oral and life history interviews in historical or other qualitative research. The course examines how: oral history projects are initiated, projects are administered, interviews are conducted, and oral history interviews are preserved in archives and libraries. The course also explores the reliability of memory and the utilization of oral histories in public presentations.

This seminar will focus on various ways of interpreting and approaching the study of American political history from the nineteenth century to the present. It will explore topics such as the development of the American national state and governing capacities, the emergence of the historically-oriented field of American Political Development (APD) in the discipline of Political Science, the emergence of what is sometimes called the "new new political history," the expanding field of "policy history," and other developments.

Under special conditions selected students may investigate problems, with weekly reports to instruc- tor. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.