HIST 274 - Early America, 1500-1750

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

This course examines the development of European colonialism and chattel slavery in North America from the 16th century to the mid 18th century. Focusing on the history of Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans, and the ways in which their lives changed over more than two centuries of contact and colonization, there is an emphasis in this course to understand early American history from multiple perspectives of race, indigeneity, and gender. The course pays close attention to the interactions between Africans, Native peoples, and Europeans in different colonial contexts across time. In addition to highlighting the varied nature of African-European-Native interactions, the course examines the role ideologies of race and gender played in the construction of European colonies and in the interactions between a diversity of people from Africa, Europe and North America. Noel Smyth.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS