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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 362 - History of the American West 3 hours

Analysis of Western America from colonization to the present. The course traces the imperial, commercial, intellectual and social relationships constituting the trans-Mississippi region. In particular, it appraises the interactions of diverse populations in a frontier borderland over the course of several generations. Furthermore, significant attention is given to territorial acquisition, population mobility, economic development and popular culture. Prerequisite: Junior standing.