HIS 530 Early National Period

This course will address recent developments in the study of the early national United States to 1840, with an emphasis on social and cultural history. Topics include, but are not limited to: the contest to establish the meaning of the American Revolution; the significance of American Indians in national development; the gendering of citizenship and labor; African-American workers, both free and unfree; and the evolution of the United States as an imperial nation.

Credits

3