Enrollment is limited. Women of the Historic American West . The course investigates the roles and experiences of women during European migration into the western United States. Relying in part on primary materials such as diaries and personal accounts, we will consider especially Native American women as well as immigrants. We will discuss women in such settings as the fur trade, the Oregon Trail, early forts and mining camps, reservations and homesteads.
Enrollment is limited.
Ms. S. Miller. Topics in Race and Ethnicity . Focusing primarily on the Caribbean and the United States, this course examines the historical production of racial and ethnic distinctions and groupings. Particular attention is given to relationships between racial and ethnic identities, on the one hand, and both the division of labor and legal notions of citizenship, on the other. The Public Sphere in Modern America .