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Academic Year 2000/2001
Canada and the Three Empires
HIST 313 FA
Most Americans have an extraordinarily superficial understanding of Canada, their major trading partner and closest ally. This course explores a central theme in Canadians' history--their attempts to create a society
that is North American but different
from the United States while in a state of military, economic and cultural dependence on great powers--first France, then Britain and now the United States. Topics covered will probably include the alleged feudalism of
New France; the failure of New
France in competition with New England; the United Empire Loyalists and the roots of Canadian conservatism; Canadian and U.S. relations with Native peoples; regionalism, bilingualism, Quebec separatism; the origins and
defense of the Canadian welfare stat
e
MAJOR READINGS
William Kilbourn, THE FIREBRAND Donald Creighton, EMPIRE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE Olive Patricia Dickason, CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS Susan Trofimenkoff, A SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF QUEBEC Margaret Atwood,
SURVIVAL Bruce Hutchison, THE
INCREDIBLE CANADIAN George Grant, LAMENT FOR A NATION J.L. Finlay and D.N. Sprague, THE STRUCTURE OF CANADIAN HISTORY William Nelson, THE AMERICAN TORY S.M. Lipset, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Six or seven 2-page papers; one long final paper. No exams.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No late papers, no incompletes. Attendance expected at every session. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be
dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office. Students wishing to put their names on the course waiting list should drop a note to the professor; they should NOT use voicemail or
e-mail.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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