Early American Material Culture: Art, Buildings, and Things in a Colonial Place
HIST 346
Fall 2006
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 208 |
This upper-level seminar offers an introduction to material culture theory and methodology, as well as deep immersion early American architectural history and the history of early American domestic life. Readings will include prominent works of historical and theoretical scholarship, together with a small handful of recent exhibition catalogues. Foremost among our concerns in this seminar will be to
study, at close range, the uses to which early American history has been put by those who sell objects that routinely bring tens of millions of dollars at auction. Not only will students become acquainted with the agendas at work in the acquisition and display of early American things; they will explore how scholars and museum
professionals use those things to elucidate the texture of everyday life in early America. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
TBA
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Examinations and Assignments:
Each student will make a presentation; write two brief essays, and a longer final essay. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Field trips to New York City auction houses and
museums--and to prominent antiques dealers--will be scheduled on Fridays and are required. |
| Instructor(s): Swinehart,Kirk Davis Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: CAMS 1; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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