FYSP 120 - The Collision of Cultures in North America, 1492-1700

4 SS, CD, WRi
First Semester. Once celebrated as a heroic episode in the providential expansion of Western civilization, the European “discovery” and colonization of North America between 1492 and 1700 has more recently been portrayed as an imperialistic enterprise that wrought a holocaust upon native peoples and promoted the spread of slavery in the Atlantic World. This seminar attempts to move beyond sweeping generalizations and simple moral judgments to explore in detail the complex interactions of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in different regions of North America during the 16th- and 17th-centuries.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Kornblith

Credits: 4 hours