North American Cultural History 2
Prof. Georgi-Findlay
This lecture course deals with issues and developments in North American social and cultural history from the late 18th century to the late 19th century, such as westward expansion, slavery, and the events leading to the Civil War, the development of a middle class culture, developments in popular and high culture (entertainment, views of nature and technology, arts such as landscape painting, new media such as photography), ethnic and racial diversity. The lecture course will also look at the post-Civil War U.S. with its economic booms (robber barons etc.) and busts (strikes, poverty), increased industrialization and urbanization, Indian wars and Indian policy, African American life after slavery, new immigration. It will also consider issues and developments in 19th century Canada.
Requirement for a credit: written exam in the last session.
Voraussetzungen:
Kenntnisse der englischen Sprache