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The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1861 - 1865: A New Birth of Freedom
by Eric Foner , Tim Shenk , Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning- 0.0
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12 Weeks
Learn about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and the Civil War’s long-term economic and intellectual impact. A New Birthof Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865 narrates the history of the American Civil War. We end with a look at the beginnings of Reconstruction during the conflict....
$50
Modern China’s Foundations: The Manchus and the Qing
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby , Mark C. Elliott- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties. This course, part of a comprehensive series on China, looks at the Qing state in the early 1600s and the challenges that the Manchus faced as minority rulers. We'll look at the last period of ascendancy for China before the modern era....
$99
American Prophet: The Inner Life and Global Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Clayborne Carson- 0.0
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11 Weeks
This course looks at Martin Luther King's life through the documents that have survived from the past. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a minister turned civil rights activist known throughout the world as an inspirational orator and a passionate advocate of nonviolent civil disobedience. Yet what do we know about the inner workings of the man who inspired so many?...
$50
Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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15 Weeks
Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II. What does it mean to be modern? What constitutes modern politics, modern institutions, a modern military, and modern infrastructure? You’ll learn about China’s war against Japan, about long-term patterns in U....
$99
Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming. In the 13th century, by force of arms, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Yet by the end of the Ming dynasty in the late 16th century, a new global economy emerged. How the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history....
$99
Invasions, Rebellions, and the Fall of Imperial China
by Peter K. Bol , William C. Kirby- 0.0
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An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China. In the 18th century, the Qing Dynasty is at its height; it is the wealthiest, most powerful,most civilized state on earth. And yet the 19th century brought enormous challenges for the Qing and for the place we call China....
$99
Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War
by Alice Kessler-Harris , Nick Juravich , Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning , New-York Historical Society- 0.0
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10 Weeks
Learn about the emergence of women's history and its impact on the study of history as a whole. Then, examine the experiences of women in Colonial America. We will learn the ways that women struggled to loosen the constraints of family by proclaiming that they, like men, possessed individual rights. What institutions and practices governed gender dynamics in Colonial America...
$50
Disease, Climate Shocks, and Wellbeing: a Long History of Social Response to Crisis
by Anne McCants , Ellan Spero , Meghan Perdue- 0.0
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4 Weeks
The goal is to introduce participants to the complex arena in which economy, society and technology intersect to promote wellbeing using historical responses to disease and climate shocks as our lens of inquiry. That is to say, these forces have been at work for all of recorded history, but also deep into the archeological past....
$29
Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar
by Fabrizio Lelli- 0.0
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5 Weeks
This course will situate a manuscript in the context of the world from which it was produced so that we better understand both. The Italian Renaissance was a time of scientific discovery and artistic revolution, it was also a time of world exploration, religious ferment, and technological changes such as the broad dissemination of print....
$29
Living at the Nuclear Brink
by William Perry- 0.0
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10 Weeks
I have been living at the nuclear brink for all of my adult life, and throughout my career in academia, private industry, and the U. S. government, I have dealt first-hand with the evolving nuclear threat. Because most people do not understand just how serious these dangers are today, their governments are not taking adequate pre...
$50
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