Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

AMST 602L - American Society and Political Culture: 1600-1865


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course will examine major historical events and processes that have impacted the development of American political culture, including settler colonialism, revolution, slavery, sectionalism, and territorial expansion, from the perspective of different social groups, such as leaders, artists, writers, women, indigenous peoples, free laborers, and enslaved people. Central themes include the interplay between regional divergences and national convergences; constructions of racial, gender, class, ethnic, and national identities; the rise of early cultural forms, like the novel, newspaper, and photograph; and the politics of resistance and reform.

Course Note
AMST 602L and HIST 602L are the same course.

This course is cross-listed as HIST 602L

Enrollment Requirements:
Pre-req = Graduate student in AMSTDY-MA

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