HIST 473 - Colloquium: Violence and Terror in Early America

Has violence increased or decreased over American history?  Almost all people in early America experienced physical harm or the fear of it in their lives.  This course is premised on the idea that violence functions at once as a destructive and generative force in American life.  From pre-Columbian times through the mid-nineteenth century, violence provided the context within which striking numbers of people understood themselves, related to one another, and charted their futures.  By the end of the semester, students will have come to appreciate the role of violence in both the demise and growth of early modern identities, attitudes, and institutions. 

 

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