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BLS 380 Women’s Voices: The Personal is Political
“The Personal is Political” has become a catch-phrase or mantra through multiple women’s rights movements, especially in the later twentieth century to…
BLS 380 Great Gun Debate
Few issues rile American passions like gun rights and gun control. This course provides a comprehensive study of guns in America, including the…
BLS 380 Redefining the Southern Belle
This course focuses on the historic roots of the Southern Belle and examines how our understanding of this idealized identity has changed…
BLS 380: Risk & Reward: Entrepreneurship in American History
Entrepreneurs have been present at every stage of American economic development. These innovators and risk-takers capitalized on the political, economic, social and…
BLS 380: Ancient Cities
Ancient Cities is a history course, but we won’t be memorizing names and dates. We’ll be looking at four ancient cities- Athens,…
BLS 386: Women, War, & Terror
Nearly 70 years ago, on the eve of World War II, an invitation to join a peace society incited Virginia Woolf to…
BLS 385: American Motherhood
Across cultures, classes, races, and generations, a contentious debate is continuously evolving over the defining values and practices of motherhood, over the…
BLS 384: Great Trials in American History
This course uses specific trials throughout American history, from the colonial period up to the twentieth century, as a way of illustrating…
BLS 383: Religious Resistance to Political Power
Throughout history, religion has frequently provided a rallying point around which peoples have organized to oppose an invading people, culture or ideology….
BLS 382: The Sixties
This course examines the origins, impact, and consequences of the social and political upheaval of the period in American history stretching from…
