HIST239

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HIST239

19th Century U.S. History HIST239 FA

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	40	9	Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM;

*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 offers students a sweeping survey of some of the major transformations in the C19th US. We begin with the clash between early republicanism and early capitalism. We then turn to the origins, nature and consequences of the American Civil War. We conclude with the advent of monopoly capitalism and the making of an imperial republic. Some of the key questions we explore include: how capitalism made slavery the great contradiction in the liberal republic? How did a Civil War for unionism end up becoming a Civil War over abolitionism? The Role of manifest destiny here and abroad? And, in the function of modern sports in US nation-building? We will also situate the C19th US firmly within a global framework of burgeoning capitalism, the abolition of unfree labor, and nation-building.

MAJOR READINGS

The books below are required and are
available from Atticus.
Charles Sellers, THE MARKET REVOLUTION (1991)
Michael Perman,ed., CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION (1991)
James M. McPherson, WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR (1996)
Ira Berlin et al., ed., FREE AT LAST (1992)
Stephen W. Pope, PATRIOTIC GAMES (1997)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

These are severalfold: document analysis; take-home midterm; and, take-home final. Grades are apportioned as follows: 33% for document; 33% for midterm; and 34% for final paper. You are also expected to attend two weekly lectures, to read documents and chapters amounting to 100 pages, and to regularly participate in discussion.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Kerr-Ritchie, J; Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 4, Jr: 3, So: 2, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Reference:

Andrist, Ralph K., ed. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE NATION. New York: American Heritage/Bonanza Books, 1963

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