HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC RIM

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Comprehensive course covering the history, geography, economics, politics, and culture of the peoples who have inhabited the borders of the Pacific Rim-including the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, Oceania, and Latin America-over the past half-millenium. Topics will include environmental transformation, colonialism, international diplomacy, World War II, and globalization.