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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
HI 231 Plural America II (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the
liberal arts traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the
aspects of our cultures appropriated into the Western tradition but often
either unacknowledged or glossed over. The end should be an appreciation
of the achievements and limitations of our Western heritage, and a
heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. Plural
America II focuses on African-American and Asian-American history and
literature and on the 1960s as a catalyst for multi-culturalism. (Also listed
as EH 231 and HON 231.) Prerequisite: EH 102 or EH 208.
HI 241 Monarchs, Rebellion, and Empire: History of England from the
Anglo-Saxons to George III (1)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and constitutional history
of England and the British Empire to 1789. Among the many subjects
examined are the Anglo-Saxons, the Norman Conquest, the Wars of
the Roses, Henry VIII and the English Reformation, Elizabeth I and the
defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War, the Restoration,
the establishment of the “first” British Empire, and the responses to the
American and French Revolutions. Lectures are supplemented by audio-
visuals to add further context.
HI 242 Industry, Imperialism, and World War: History of England from
George III to the Present (1)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and constitutional history of
England and the British Empire from 1789 to the present. Among the
many subjects examined are the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, the
Irish independence movement, the First and Second World Wars, the
Socialist and Thatcher revolutions, and the end of empire. Lectures are
supplemented by audio-visuals to add further context.
HI 244 The History of Terrorism (1)
An examination of the history of terrorism with the twin goals of
explaining its contemporary prevalence and its historical significance.
Emphasis is placed on the political, social, and cultural contexts of
terrorism and political violence; critical, literary, and popular responses
to terrorism; changing definitions of terrorism; and the interrelationship
between terrorism and modernity. Topics include tyrannicide and terror in
the ancient and medieval world; revolutionary terrorism and state terror
in Europe and Russia since the eighteenth century; anarchist terrorism in
Europe and the United States; white supremacist terrorism in the United
States; ethno-nationalist terrorism in Europe, the Middle East, and North