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Academic Year 2001/2002

Encountering the Other
HIST 124 SP

This course is an exploration of the recent literature about the European encounter with non-Europeans in the Americas between the 16th and 18th centuries. It will focus on the European-Amerindian contact and the experience of British North America, though not totally to the exclusion of European interactions with other peoples and in other locations in the Americas.

MAJOR READINGS

Alfred Crosby, ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM
John Demos, THE UNREDEEMED CAPTIVE
Gregory Dowd, A SPIRITED RESISTANCE
John M. Faragher, DANIEL BOONE
Kaen Kupperman, ROANOKE
Peter Mancall, DEADLY MEDICINE
James Merrill, THE INDIAN'S NEW WORLD
Richard White, THE MIDDLE GROUND
Daniel Richter, ORDEAL OF THE LONG HOUSE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Exercises: Five or six short papers and a longer final paper under the supervision of a writing tutor.

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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