HIST 355 - Colonial Americas: Intro to Comparative History

Credits: 5

An introduction to the comparative history of European colonization in the Americas. Explores the central debates, themes, and interpretive shifts in a rapidly expanding field responding to ongoing globalization and the interconnectedness of the Americas. This course concentrates on culture: the everyday practices and systems of meaning through which human communities make sense of their world. It examines cross-cultural interaction among Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in a variety of colonial settings through such topics as cultural practices and belief systems; gender; labor; slavery; trade; missions; colonial politics; and revolutionary struggles for independence.

Prerequisites: Required: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.