African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
Professor Jonathan Holloway, Professor of History, African American Studies, and American Studies Description The purpose of this course is to examine the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Warning: Some of the lectures in this course contain graphic content and/or adult language that some users may find disturbing. Texts Baldwin, James. Bates, Beth. Cleaver, Eldridge. Ford, Richard Thompson. Hunter, Tera. Malcolm X and George Breitman. Marable, Manning and Leith Mullings. Shange, Ntozake. Tuttle, William. Vogel, Shane. Articles Brown, Elsa Barkley. Cleaver, Kathleen. Collins, Patricia Hill. Davis, Angela. Hill, Anita. Kelley, R. King, Martin Luther Jr. McBride, Dwight A. McGuire, Danielle L. Nadasen, Premilla. Ransby, Barbara. Ransby, Barbara. Tyson, Timothy B. Films Ethnic Notions, directed by Marlon Riggs. 4 Little Girls, directed by Spike Lee. 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks and Home Box Office (HBO), 1997. Requirements One midterm exam and a final exam.
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts
Professor Keith E. Wrightson, Randolph W. Townsend Jr. Description This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Texts Brewer, John. Canny, Nicholas, ed. Cust, Richard and Ann Hughes, eds. Gunn, S.J. Guy, John, ed. Haigh, Christopher. Kishlansky, Mark. Reay, Barry. Slack, Paul. Slack, Paul. Wrightson, Keith. Requirements One five-page paper, one ten-page paper, and a final examination. Grading Short paper: 20% Long paper: 40% Final exam: 25% Participation in discussion section: 15%
Yale
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
Professor David W. Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History Description This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Texts Bruce Levine, Half Slave and Half Free: The Roots of the Civil War. David Blight, Why the Civil War Came. Charles R. Drew G. E. Eric Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877. Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, ed. by David W. Gary Gallagher, The Confederate War: How Popular Will, Nationalism, and Military Strategy Could Not Stave Off Defeat.Harvard University Press. James M. Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ed. by Alice Fahs. Michael P. Nicholas Lemann, Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War. William Gienapp, ed., Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection. Films: Requirements Grading
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Héron cendré - LPO Charente-Maritime
Ardea cinerea cliché Nidal Issa Le héron cendré a un plumage à dominance grise, un cou blanc et une poitrine tachetée de noir, une tête blanche avec des lignes noires s’étirant de l’œil à l’arrière du cou. Son bec, en forme de poignard et ses pattes sont jaunes. Lorsqu’il est jeune, son apparence est plus terne, avec les motifs de la tête moins marqués. Le héron cendré est un grand échassier solitaire. Les hérons cendrés nichent généralement en colonie (héronnière), laquelle peut être fréquentée durant des siècles. En Charente-Maritime, le héron cendré se comporte souvent en précurseur dans la conquête de nouvelles colonies, attirant par la suite d’autres ardéidés.
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