The Redeemed Narrative: Microhistories in Early America
HIST 390
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 390 |
This course will guide students in thinking about American social history, the efforts by historians to recover the lived experiences of those who did not leave substantial archival documentation, through a close examination of examples of microhistory in early America. Microhistory, situated between the New Social History, influenced by the Annalistes and British Marxists, and the Cultural Turn, influenced by critical and linguistic theory, offers a unique opportunity to analyze the ways that early American historians creatively utilize evidence. We will pay particular attention to the ways that microhistory recovers histories of race and gender despite the paucity and problematic nature of archival sources. While students will receive a grounding in the theories of archival source interpretation, emphasis will be placed on the ways that historians have put those theories into practice. The course is designed to be an upper-level seminar, preparing students with the research tools to write their senior thesis or major capstone paper. |
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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 Major Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course readings to be finalized but may include Glenn C. Altschuler and Jan M. Saltzgaber, Revivalism, Social Conscience, and Community in the Burned-Over District; Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife¿s Tale; John Demos, The Unredeemed Captive; Paul E. Johnson, Sam Patch, The Famous Jumper; Alfred F. Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party; Jill Lepore, Book of Ages; Marisa Fuentes, Dispossessed Lives; Nicole Eustace, Covered with Night; Tiya Miles, All that She Carried; and Bruce Dorsey, Murder in a Mill Town.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly one-page reflection papers on course readings, a "review of reviews" paper, leading discussion one week, and a final paper of approximately 15-20 pages. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Vrevich,Kevin Times: .....F. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC107; |
Permission of Instructor Required
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