The Long 19th Century
HIST 239
Spring 2018 not offered
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This course surveys the history of the United States from the Early Republic to the Gilded Age. Central subjects include plantation slavery and global commodity markets, westward expansion and the dispossession of American Indian lands, emancipation and the meaning of freedom, immigration and urbanization, and changing roles for women with the development of wage labor. The course will pay special attention to how different groups of Americans created, constrained, appealed to, and otherwise deployed the powers of the government on behalf of their interests. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
Major Readings:
Jane Addams, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL ETHICS
Ira Berlin. GENERATIONS OF CAPTIVITY: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVES
William Cronon. NATURE'S METROPOLIS: CHICAGO AND THE GREAT WEST
Drew Gilpin Faust, THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING
Walter Johnson, SOUL BY SOUL: LIFE INSIDE THE ANTEBELLUM SLAVE MARKET
Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green. THE CHEROKEE REMOVAL: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS
Alan Trachtenberg. THE INCORPORATION OF AMERICA: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE GILDED AGE
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short papers, mid-term and final examinations |
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