History and Geography
HIST 399
Spring 2022
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01
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| Crosslisting:
CEAS 214, ENVS 399, SISP 399 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Urban Studies |
Maps are part of a broader family of value-laden images. This is a research seminar about the global history of cartography from 1490s to the recent past. We will study maps from the early modern and modern world and examine how maps were used as instruments of political power, shaped the imagination of peoples around the world, and inspired new ways to imagine our self-identity. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(IDEA-MN)(IDEA)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Mark Monmonier, HOW TO LIE WITH MAPS (3RD EDITION), ISBN: 9780226435923
Mary Elizabeth Berry, JAPAN IN PRINT: INFORMATION AND NATION IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD, ISBN: 9780520254176
Emma Teng, TAIWAN'S IMAGINED GEOGRAPHY: CHINESE COLONIAL TRAVEL WRITING AND PICTURES, 1683-1895, ISBN: 9780674021198
Karen Wigen and Caroline Winterer, TIME IN MAPS: FROM THE AGE OF DISCOVERY TO OUR DIGITAL ERA, ISBN: 9780226718590
Thongchai Winichakul, SIAM MAPPED, ISBN: 9780824819743
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly assignments
One literature review paper
One final research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Tan,Ying Jia Times: ..T.... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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