HIST 0605 - Readings: America, 1815-1914

Credits: 3

This course focuses on American history from the Age of Jackson through 1900. Readings emphasize social history with a special emphasis on transformations in race, class, and gender relations. Topics include: Early Industrialization; the Market Revolution; Ante-Bellum Reform and Abolition; Westward Expansion and the Mexican-American War; Slavery and the African-American Experience; Civil War and Reconstruction; Native American Issues; Women’s History and the Women’s Rights Movement; Changing Attitudes towards Sexuality; Labor Struggles; the Industrial Revolution; and the Spanish-American War. Focuses on major debates in historiography and the development of research and writing skills.

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