HIST 287 - American Empire: The Nineteenth-Century West

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as AMST 287 and GNCS 287) This intensive invites students to explore a theme in the United States’ creation of a trans-Mississippi empire between the 1840s and the 1940s.Those themes include violence, war, and dispossession of native peoples; trans-Pacific immigration; encounters with Western environments; railroads and raw materials; politics and grassroots movements; women and families; and the mythology of conquest. After shared readings on each theme, students choose directions for individual projects. Conditions permitting, the course includes a field trip to a museum in New York City. Rebecca Edwards.

One 2-hour period and individual conferences with the instructor.

Course Format: INT