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Academic Year 2003/2004

American Intellectual History: 1492-1865
HIST 235 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 250

This course offers an introduction to the cultural and intellectual traditions that helped shape America between 1492 and the Civil War. The course will introduce students to a range of primary sources, including objects, paintings, and photographs. Among the topics to be considered: Indian-white relations, family life, gun culture, the domestication of the wilderness, religious revivals, slavery, the rise of the city, and the Civil War. There will be at least two film screenings.

MAJOR READINGS

Nina Baym et al., eds., THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865, 2 vols., 6th ed. (2002)
Alexander Gardner, GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCHBOOK OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 (orig. pub. 1866)
Thomas Hariot, A BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA (orig. pub. 1598)
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnutt and C. Vann Woodward, eds., THE PRIVATE MARY CHESNUTT: THE UNPUBLISHED CIVIL WAR DIARIES 1985)
Caryl Phillips, CAMBRIDGE: A NOVEL (1991)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers, one in-class exam, and a take-home final; attendance and active participation.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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