This survey course focuses on the shifting
political, cultural, economic, and social
developments of the United States from the
Revolutionary period through the Spanish-American
War. The themes underpinning the course will be
the contested nature of freedom and the
relationship between freedom and slavery; settler
colonialism; ideologies about manhood and
womanhood; the growth of capitalism; and the
expansion of the nation-state and the origins of
American empire. Along with attending to these
themes, the course will provide you with an
introduction to the discipline of history itself.
History is not a series of names and dates, but an
interpretive act in which we develop conclusions
based on various types of historical evidence.
political, cultural, economic, and social
developments of the United States from the
Revolutionary period through the Spanish-American
War. The themes underpinning the course will be
the contested nature of freedom and the
relationship between freedom and slavery; settler
colonialism; ideologies about manhood and
womanhood; the growth of capitalism; and the
expansion of the nation-state and the origins of
American empire. Along with attending to these
themes, the course will provide you with an
introduction to the discipline of history itself.
History is not a series of names and dates, but an
interpretive act in which we develop conclusions
based on various types of historical evidence.
- Teacher: Nancy Gallman