Sophomore Seminar: Race and Nation
HIST 174
Fall 2006 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 post-industrial 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. |
Essential Capabilities:
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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 Major 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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