HSTAA 413 AA: The American West in History and Film

Winter 2020
Meeting:
F 1:30pm - 4:20pm / ART 003
SLN:
15485
Section Type:
Laboratory
Instructor:
MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. AUDITORS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS COURSE.
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.
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April 15, 2024 - 10:06 pm