Introduction to History: American Material Culture
HIST 170
Fall 2021 not offered
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This course introduces students to the study of history through an investigation of American material culture and the built environment from the pre-colonial period to the present. The course is structured around Friday site visits in the New England and mid-Atlantic regions, including the Pequot Museum, Mystic Seaport, Central Park, New York City waterfront, Fresh Kills, and local suburbs. Students will consider theories and methods of studying history through objects, landscapes, and architecture. We will consider how changing patterns of settlement and land use shaped human and natural ecology, and how people fashioned cultures and communities through the fabrication, circulation, and use of a wide range of natural and human-made objects. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
Major Readings:
MAJOR READINGS:
Jennifer Anderson, Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America
Rosalyn Baxandall and Elizabeth Ewen, Picture Windows: How the Suburbs Happened
Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig, The Park and the People: A History of Central Park
Kate Orff, Toward and Urban Ecology
Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism
Christine Stansell, City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
Susan Strasser, Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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