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AMST 210 - American Society and Culture, 1600-1860

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
Documents, diaries, letters, essays, fiction, and art, along with secondary historical and anthropological sources, are used to compare the dreams and realities of men’s and women’s lives in America from the first contact between European explorers and Native Americans up through the Age of Reform (1830-60). Topics include visions of landscape and nature; contrasting cultures of Indians and Anglo-Americans; family and “women’s place”; slavery; working class organization; and women’s rights.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: United States

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 102  

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