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HSTR310D - The American West

Description

Covers both the historical reality and the myth of the American west. Looks at the history of the west in the European imagination, the Spanish, French and English claims, the shifting frontier from the colonial era onward, expansionism, race and native displacement and war. Topics include the frontiersmen, the gunfighter, violence, environmental struggles, resources, politics and economic paradoxes of this region.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

HIST 310

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of HSTR 310D, HIST 310.

Course offered by

Department of History

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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