| Course Title: The American Peoples to 1865 |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| 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 and wars in the West. How did Indigenous people and people of African descent assert sovereignty, create new bonds, and partake in the creation of new nations in landscapes of violence and subjugation? How did settler political and economic strategies shape the land and life upon it? Topics include cross-cultural encounters, competing religious and social visions, the formation of the United States and its political system, gender, migration, the development of racial capitalism, and the Civil War. |
| 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 |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets History department's pre-1750 requirement. |
| Course Tags | ||
| HIST0001 | ||
| HIST0005 |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 15 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 3 | 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. |