HIST 285

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Credit: 3 hours.

Traces the experiences of North American women and men from the earliest encounters between Europeans and Native Americans; examines gender systems in the colonies, under slavery, during industrialization and westward expansion; assesses impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on gender roles; considers gendered division of labor in factories and domestic environments and construction of gender ideologies.

Same as GWS 285.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2015 for:

• Humanities – Hist & Phil

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