Winter 2019
Meeting:
MW 11:30am - 12:50pm / ART 003
SLN:
15461
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
Catalog Description:
Examines emergence of American West since 1840 by looking at colonization processes; Native-white relations; economic and demographic changes; environmental issues; urbanization; western politics and the role of the state. Historians' evolving interpretations of the western past are considered alongside those in film in order to appreciate why the West has loomed so large in 20th-century American culture and identity.
GE Requirements Met:
Diversity (DIV)
Social Sciences (SSc)
Writing (W)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 9, 2025 - 11:40 pm