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Technology in American History, Spring 2006
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Technology in American History, Spring 2006
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A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial corporation; the social relations of production; and the hallmarks of science-based industry. Views technology as part of the larger culture and reveals innovation as a process consisting of a range of possibilities that are chosen or rejected according to the social criteria of the time.

Subject:
Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Engineering
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Smith, Merritt
Date Added:
01/01/2006
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Topics in Culture and Globalization, Fall 2003
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Topics in Culture and Globalization, Fall 2003
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The concept of globalization fosters the understanding of the interconnectedness of cultures and societies geographically wide apart; America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Subject scans existing debates over globalization in four continents. Explores how globalization impacts everyday life in the First and Third World; how globalization leads to a common cosmopolitan culture; the emergence of a global youth culture; and religious, social, and political movements that challenge globalization. Materials examined include pop music, advertisements, film posters, and political cartoons. Topic for Spring 2003: Popular Culture in Japan. Taught in English.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Religious Studies
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Condry
Ian
Date Added:
01/01/2003
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Toward the Scientific Revolution, Fall 2003
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Toward the Scientific Revolution, Fall 2003
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The emergence of Western science: the systematization of natural knowledge in the ancient world, the transmission of the classical legacy to the Latin West, and the revolt from classical thought during the scientific revolution. Examines scientific concepts in light of their cultural and historical contexts.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Astronomy
Physical Science
Physics
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Kaiser, David
Date Added:
01/01/2003
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United States History II
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United States History II
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The second course in the introductory surveys of United States history, which focuses on the period from the 1840s to World War I. This course surveys the significant individuals and events that have shaped the growth and development of the United States. Particular attention will be given to the political, economic, religious, and cultural foundations of this development.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
World Cultures
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Activity/Lab
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Reading
Syllabus
Provider:
The Saylor Foundation
Date Added:
02/20/2019
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Universe of Music, Fall 2007
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Universe of Music, Fall 2007
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An introduction to the infinite universe of music from its origins to the present, this course investigates the role of instruments, culture, myth and science in the evolution of music. Illustrations through the medium of the World Wide Web present the concept of music as both communication of ideas and expression of feelings in diverse musical traditions of the world.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
World Cultures
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Activity/Lab
Full Course
Homework/Assignment
Reading
Syllabus
Unit of Study
Provider:
UMass Boston
Provider Set:
UMass Boston OpenCourseWare
Author:
Ph.D.
Professor David Patterson
Date Added:
04/25/2019
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World Mythology, Volume 1: Gods and Creation
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World Mythology, Volume 1: Gods and Creation
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Table of Contents:
I. MESOPOTAMIA
The Enuma Elish
The Myth of Telepinu, Hittite God of Fertility

II. PERSIA
"Avesta, The Bible of Zoroaster"

III. INDIA
From the Matsya Purana ("The Yuga Cycle")
From: Hindu Mythology and Literature as Recorded by Portuguese Missionaries of the Early 17th Century

IV. EGYPT
From Plutarch’s De Iside et Osiride ("Of Isis and Osiris")

V. WEST AFRICA
From Myths of Ife, Yoruba Creation Myth

VI. GREECE
From Theogony, by Hesiod
From Works and Days, by Hesiod
“Hymn V” (To Aphrodite) by Homer
“Hymn II (To Demeter)” by Homer
“Hymn IV (To Hermes)” by Homer

VII. CHINA
from Tao, The Great Luminant: Essays from the Huai Nan Tzu, from “Dissertation on The Cosmic Spirit”
from Tao, The Great Luminant: Essays from the Huai Nan Tzu, from “Dissertation on Life and Soul or The Keeper of the Soul"

VIII. JAPAN
from Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Vol. 1
Nihongi: Endnotes

IX. NORTHERN EUROPE
Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe), from the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

X. BRITISH ISLES
from the Lebor Gabala Erenn (The Book of the Takings of Ireland)
Cath Maige Tuired ("The Second Battle of Mag Tuired")

XI. SOUTH AMERICA
from "Sum and Narration of the Incas, which the Indians called Capaccuna, who were lords of the city of Cuzco, and everything on the subject"
from The Royal Commentaries of the Incas, By the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega

XII. MESOAMERICA
from The Popol Vuh

XIII. NORTH AMERICA
The Story of the Emergence, from Navajo Legends
The Story of the Emergence: Endnotes
A Tale of Skyworld, from Seneca fiction, legends and myths

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature and Composition
Religious Studies
World Cultures
World Literature
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Jared Aragona
Date Added:
10/18/2021
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World Mythology, Volume 2: Heroic Mythology
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World Mythology, Volume 2: Heroic Mythology
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Table of Contents:
I. MESOPOTAMIA
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh, Glossary

II. PERSIA
The Myth of Isfendiyár, from The Shahnameh

III. INDIA
The Ramayana
Ramayana, Glossary

IV. AFRICA
The Myth of Mbega
The Story of Sikulume

V. CHINA
Li Chi Slays the Serpent

VI. JAPAN
Kotan Utunnai
Kotan Utunnai, Endnotes

VII. GREECE
An Introduction to Homer’s Iliad
The Argonautica (Books I-IV), by Apollonius
Medea, by Euripides

VIII. ROME
The Aeneid, Analysis

IX. NORTHERN EUROPE
from Stories of King Arthur and his Knights
from the Volsunga Saga
Beowulf

X. NORTH AMERICA
“Red Woman and the Deeds of Two Boys” (AKA “Lodge Boy and Thrown Away”)
"Caught by a Hairstring"

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature and Composition
Religious Studies
World Cultures
World Literature
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Jared Aragona
Date Added:
10/18/2021
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World Regional Geography
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World Regional Geography
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A look at the physical and human characteristics that make the regions of our world distinctive, placing particular emphasis on cultural and societal structures.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Physical Geography
Physical Science
World Cultures
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Homework/Assignment
Reading
Syllabus
Provider:
The Saylor Foundation
Date Added:
04/29/2019
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Writing Early American Lives: Gender, Race, Nation, Faith, Fall 2005
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Writing Early American Lives: Gender, Race, Nation, Faith, Fall 2005
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Studies the relation between imaginative texts and the culture surrounding them. Emphasizes ways in which imaginative works absorb, reflect, and conflict with reigning attitudes and world views. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Topic for Fall: Ethical Interpretation. Topic for Spring: Women Reading, Women Writing.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Economics
Ethnic Studies
Literature
Social Science
Women's Studies
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Fuller
Mary C.
Date Added:
01/01/2005
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