ISSS 4290 - An Alternative History of Early America

Effective Start Date: 05/01/2012
Examine America’s colonial period (to the eve of the American Revolution) as that of a foreign country. Investigates the people, cultures, institutions, and events of the period on their own terms rather than through the lens of modern America. Uncovers the origins of many later American issues and debates;freedom and slavery; warfare; religion and revival; sectionalism; race; class; and commercialism.

Credits: 3