| Description |
An intensive introduction for history concentrators, particularly those who plan to take their independent work seriously. Students will immerse themselves in documents of three historical events: the Little Rock school integration crisis, the making of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" in turn-of-the-century Chicago, and the Salem witchcraft trials. Interpretation of documents, the framing of historical questions, and the construction of historical explanations will be stressed. Lectures will introduce a basic vocabulary of analysis: e.g., culture, class, gender, race, society. |