HIST235

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HIST235

American Intellectual History: 1600-1865 HIST235 FA

Crosslistings: AMST151, RELI235

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	50	0	Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

This course will examine the intellectual currents that shaped American culture from the colonial period through the Civil War. A close reading of texts illustrative of Puritanism, the Enlightenment, Revolutionary republicanism, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy, transcendentalism and reform.

MAJOR READINGS

Representative selections from the writings
of John Winthrop, John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Mary
Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, William Byrd,
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Paine, James Madison,
Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Emerson, Jackson, Thoreau,
Poe, Melville, Charles Finney, Whitman, Harriet B. Stowe
and Lincoln, among others.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One hour quiz, several short papers and a final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Jenkins, T; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Thomas Jefferson, as depicted by Caleb Boyle

Reference:

Maurois, Andre. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, New York: Viking Press, 1968

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