Sophomore Seminar: Race and Nation
HIST 174
Fall 2009 not offered
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This seminar addresses the history of the western United States, with particular attention to race, ethnicity, and national affiliation. Questions we will address include, How have the categories of race and the nation depended on each other for meaning in postindustrial America? What are the transhistorical and transnational implications of identity categories, and how are they refracted/experienced through gender and sexuality? How do governments and economic groups use racial ideologies and nationalisms to extend and solidify power? As a sophomore seminar in the History Department, this course places a strong emphasis on close reading, imagining and articulating research questions, evaluating primary materials, and developing practices of scholarly writing. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Tomas Almaguer, RACIAL FAULT LINES: THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF WHITE SUPREMACY IN CALIFORNIA
Alexandra Harmon, INDIANS IN THE MAKING
Richard R. Flores, REMEMBERNIG THE ALAMO
Dorothy Fujita-Rony, AMERICAN WORKERS, COLONIAL POWER
Linda Gordon, THE GREAT ARIZONA ORPHAN ABDUCTION
Reginald Horsman, RACE AND MANIFEST DESTINY
Lon Kurashige, JAPANESE-AMERICAN CELEBRATION AND CONFLICT
Becky Nicoliades, MY BLUE HEAVEN
George Sanchez, BECOMING MEXICAN AMERICAN
Nayan Shah, CONTAGIOUS DIVIDES
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three 5-7 page papers OR one take-home final |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance and participation in class discussion. Students must choose which writing option they will pursue after the first class they attend. |
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