<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Strongly recommended for History majors planning to take more advanced courses in history of any region bordering on Atlantic during period from 1500 to 1900. Exploration of idea of Atlantic world and few of major historical trends that shaped its history, including migration, slavery, imperial conflicts, and revolution. Atlantic history approach avoids national frameworks that assume creation of later national division in order to understand larger, integrated region, one that gave rise to later nation states. In reconsidering how past is studied, highlights key connections, interactions, and circuits that gave rise to modern world. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

History

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College of Letters and Science

History is the study of the past of our own society and how it emerged out of the traditions that produced it.

Diversity — Letters and Science, Education and Information Studies, Music, Public Affairs

General Education — Literacy & Cultural Analysis (Arts & Humanities)

General Education — Historical Analysis (Society & Culture)

General Catalog

Atlantic World, 1492 to 1830

HIST 14

5 units