Course Title: The American Peoples to 1865 |
Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
Description: This course surveys the history of Indigenous worlds, colonial projects, enslavement, and the contested transformation of lives and communities in North America through the U.S. Civil War. How did settler political and economic strategies shape the land and life upon it? How did Native people and people of African descent claim sovereignty, create new bonds, and partake in the creation of new nations in landscapes of violence and subjugation? Topics include cross-cultural encounters; competing religious and social visions; the formation of the United States and the evolution of its political system; gender and sexuality; the development of racial capitalism; and the coming of the Civil War. |
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
Patricia Dawson   |           | pdawson@mtholyoke.edu   |
Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   | Discussion   | Monday and Wednesday   | 03:15PM - 04:30PM   | REES - Reese   | 304   | Weekly |
Requisite Courses         | ||
None |           |           |
Comments         |
Additional Comments         |
Meets History department's pre-1750 requirement.   |
Course Tags         |
Cross-listed Sections         |
None   |
Course Availability | ||||
Section status: Open     | Capacity: 28     | Enrollment: 24     | Available: 4     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
To be determined. |           |           |
Additional Book Comments         |
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |