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May 14, 2024
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HIS 223 - Methods in Early American Social History (3)Social history focuses on the lived experiences of ordinary people of the past. This approach offers deep understanding of life in early America, the formation of the United States, change over time, and persistent themes and dynamics that echo into the present day. Early American social history constitutes the course content in two respects. First, our study of the past will be organized around the analytical categories of race, class, gender, religion, and sexuality, as relationships of power and as windows on American history. Second, the material will serve as a fruitful vehicle for learning and applying introductory historical methods that are essential in studying and reconstructing the past. These methods will begin to cultivate in you the indispensable perspective that is fundamental to pursuing any rational line of inquiry, as well the ability to reach compelling, empirical conclusions. A historical perspective and the work that you accomplish in History 223 will contribute to your preparation for history courses at the 300-500 levels.
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