| Course Title: The American Peoples Since 1865 |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: This course introduces the history of the United States and Native North America from the latter half of the 19th century to the present. Themes include the consolidation of the U.S. nation and the reservation system; struggles over land, citizenship, and sovereignty; the transformation of the federal government and of capitalism; immigration; the evolution of racial, gendered, and class hierarchies; and changing forms of domestic life, work, politics, social protest, and cultural expression from Reconstruction to the present. How have concentrations of wealth alongside democratic ideals and struggles for liberation shaped the possibilities of national existence and self-determination? |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Mary Renda | 413-538-2567 | mrenda@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022 | Discussion | Monday, Wednesday and Friday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 202 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 11 | Available: 17 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: A Pocket Guide to Writing in History Author: Rampolla, Mary Lynn Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781319112981 Publisher: Macmillan |
Recommended | 16.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: There will be no required books to purchase for this class. All required and almost all of the recommended readings will be available on our Moodle site, or elsewhere online with a link on our Moodle site. Two exceptions: 1) Those who are preparing for teacher certification may wish to purchase any recent edition of John Mack Faragher, et al., Out of Many: A History of the American People, Volume 2 (published by Pearson), as an adjunct to our course. Selected material from Faragher will be included in our course. Purchase of Faragher is recommended only for those who wish to have a fuller sense of a textbook approach to the US history survey. 2) Those who wish to have some additional guidance, in book form, to strengthen their writing, may wish to purchase any recent edition of Mary Lynn Rampolla's Pocket Guide to Writing in History, or Ann Raimes (and Susan K. Miller-Cochran), Keys for Writers, or Pocket Keys for Writers. |