HIST 285

Fall 2018 All Classes

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US Gender History to 1877

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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 2022 for:

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 285 class schedule data for fall 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	70109	Lecture-Discussion	A	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	English Building	Asaka, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil course. Section Info: Description: This course surveys the historical formation of gender in the social, political, and economic developments that shaped and characterized the United States to 1877. It begins with colonial contact and examines the diverse and changing meanings of gender that molded the experiences of people before and after American Independence. Throughout, we pay particular attention to the ways gender intersected with the categories of race and class as it placed women of different backgrounds in hierarchical positions.