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Session dates and times for courses are available in Axess under the Guest Menu. Course day, time, and units are subject to change. Courses are eight weeks long unless otherwise noted in the course description or details.
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The First World War |
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American History in Film: Since World War ll |
HISTORY 126A
The First World War
3-5
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Time: see http://axess.stanford.edu
How did the experience of WW I shape the 20th century? How modern was this mechanized, total war? Did trench warfare, economic blockade, unrestricted submarine warfare, atrocities, occupation, and the Armenian genocide represent a brutalization of warfare? How did mobilization of entire populations affect women and children? How did people mourn and commemorate the victims of mass death? Military, political, cultural, and social approaches. Sources include scholarly texts, literature, and film.
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HISTORY 168
American History in Film: Since World War ll
3-4
units
Time: see http://axess.stanford.edu
U.S. society, culture, and politics since WW II through feature films. Topics include: McCarthyism and the Cold War; ethnicity and racial identify; changing sex and gender relationships; the civil rights and anti-war movements; and mass media. Films include The Best Years of Our Lives, Salt of the Earth, On the Waterfront, Raisin in the Sun, Medium Cool, and Broadcast News.
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