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Encounter
1. The Spanish in America (weeks 1-3)
| Friday,
25 August |
Why
Study History?
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Introduction
to the Course.
Read Columbus, "Letter to Santangel." On Blackboard. |
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| Monday,
28 August |
What
did the Spanish Crown Want?
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"Instructions
for the Government of the Indies." Handout.
"Decree on Indian Labor." Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
30 August |
What
went wrong with the Plan?
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Antonio Montesinos,
"Advent Sermon." Handout.
"Royal Response to the Sermon of Montesinos." Handout. |
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| Friday,
1September |
How
did the Crown adapt?
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Palacios Rubios,
"The Requirement." On
Blackboard.
The Laws of Burgos. On Blackboard.
"The General Repartimiento of 1514." Handout. |
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Week 2
| Monday,
4 September |
Who
were the players in the Conquest of Mexico?
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Victors
and Vanquished, pp. 1-99. |
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| Wednesday,
6 September |
How
did Cortes Proceed?
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Victors
and Vanquished, pp. 100-181. |
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| Friday,
8 September |
How
did Cortes succeed?
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Victors
and Vanquished, pp. 182-243. |
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Week 3
| Monday,
11 September |
How
did the Spaniards Conquer?
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Las
Casas, Entire. |
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| Wednesday,
13 September |
How
did the Crown React?
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"The New Laws." On
Blackboard. |
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| Friday,
15 September |
Did
the Crown Get What it Wanted?
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Lopez de Gomora, "The Viceroy Announces the New
Laws." On
Blackboard.
Pizarro, "Letter to Pedro de Valdivia." On
Blackboard.
Garcilaso de la Vega, "The Death of Pizarro." On
Blackboard. |
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Encounter 2. The African Slave Trade (weeks 4-6)
| Week 4 |
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| Monday,
18 September |
Why
was there a slave trade?
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"Labor
Demand in the Americas." Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
20 September |
How
did the Slave Trade Work?
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E-Reserves
Documents:
Job Ben Solomon, pp. 1-9.
Letters of Philip Quaque, pp. 10-12.
John Barbot's description of Guinea, pp. 21-29.
Royal Africa Company Minutes, p. 30.
The Voyage of John Atkins, pp. 31-37.
Francis Moore's Travels in Africa.
Letter of Captain Phelps, p. 47.
MOVIE: Africans in America. On reserve in Burling. |
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| Thursday,
21 September |
Short
Paper Due. |
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| Friday,
22 September |
How
did the Slavers see the Trade?
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E-reserves
documents:
William Snelgrave's Account of Guinea, pp. 38-43.
Letter on board the Prince of Orange, p. 47.
Letters of Henry Laurens, pp. 48-9.
Letter of Richard Brew, p. 50.
Voyage of John Hawkins, pp. 51-52.
News Items, 1759, p. 54.
Letter of William Bull, p. 54.
Letter of William Claiborne, p. 55.
Tables on the Slave Trade, p. 56. |
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| Week
5 |
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| Monday,
25 September |
How
do Historians view the trade?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Intro and Chaps. 1-2. |
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| Wednesday,
27 September |
How
did the Africans in Africa view Slavery?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Chaps. 3 & 4. |
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| Friday,
29 September |
How
did Africans Slaves React to the New World?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Chaps. 5 & 6. |
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6 |
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| Monday,
2 October |
What
happened to African Culture?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Chaps. 7 & 8. |
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| Wednesday,
4 October |
How
did Africans adapt?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Chaps. 9 & 10. |
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| Friday,
6 October |
Did
the story change in the 18th Century?
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Thornton,
Africa and Africans, Chap. 11. |
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Encounter
4. The Chinese in America (weeks 7-8)
| Week
7 |
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| Monday,
9 October |
EXAM
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| Wednesday,
11 October |
Why
did the Chinese Migrate?
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Cook, excerpt
on e-reserve |
| Friday,
13 October |
Why
did the Chinese Migrate?
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Maps, pp. 1-4,
e-reserve.
Spence, pp. 210-215, e-reserve.
Congressional
Record documents, e-reserve.
(4 pages total)
Articles from Harper's Weekly, e-reserve.
(6 pages total)
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Fall
Break, 18 October to 26 October
| Week
8 |
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| Monday,
23 October |
Why
go to America.
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Takaki, Strangers,
pp. 21-42, 79-131, Packet.
Yung, Unbound Feet, pp. 1-4, 15-51, Packet. |
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| Wednesday,
25 October |
How
did the Missionaries View the Prostitutes?
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Yung, documents,
pp. 1-8, Packet.
Cameron documents, pp. 377-383, 327-331, Packet. |
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| Friday,
27 October |
How
do Historians view the Missionaries?
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Pascoe, "Gender
Systems," e-reserve. |
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Encounter
4. Poles in Chicago (weeks 9-11)
| Week
9 |
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| Monday,
30 October |
How
was the immigrant experience different in Chicago?
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Pacyga,
pp. 1-81. |
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| Wednesday,
1November |
What
makes the Poles different from the Chinese?
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Pacyga,
pp. 111-157. |
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| Thursday,
2 November |
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| Friday,
3 November |
Why
was it a Jungle?
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Sinclair,
The Jungle, On Blackboard. .
Barrett, "Life," On e-reserve.
Katzauskis, "From Lithuania to the Chicago Stockyards,"
On Blackboard. |
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| Week
10 |
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| Monday,
6 November |
Do
Workers Have a Culture?
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Pacyga,
pp. 158-205.
Poole, "The Meat Strike," On
Blackboard.
Stewart, "The Influence of Trade Unions," On Blackboard.
McDowell, "The Struggle for an American Standard of Living,"
pp. 62-66. |
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| Wednesday,
8 November |
Did
it Help that They weren't African Americans?
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Pacyga,
pp. 206-227, 238-257.
Spear, "Black Chicago," On e-reserves. |
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| Friday,
10 November |
How
did Ethnic Identity Affect Class Identity?
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Grossman,
Land of Hope, On e-reserves.
Crisis Documents, On e-reserves.
McDowell, "Prejudice," pp. 24-38. |
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Encounter
5. Apartheid South Africa (weeks 11-14)
| Week
11 |
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| Monday,
13 November |
What
is the American Nation?
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Barret,
"Americanization," JStor
Article. |
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| Wednesday,
15 November |
What
was Apartheid?
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Sparks,
The Mind of South Africa, pp. 147-182, 195-202, 208-213, 217-229,
Handout. |
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| Friday,
17 November |
White
versus white?
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Courtenay,
The Power of One, pp. 19-51, Handout. |
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| Week
12 |
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| Monday,
20 November |
Black
versus Black?
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Mathabane,
Kaffir Boy, introduction through p. 62. |
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| Wednesday,
22 November |
Did
people internalize the system?
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Mathabane,
Kaffir Boy, pp. 86-141. |
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| Friday,
24 November |
Thanksgiving
Break, No Class
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to Top
| Week
13 |
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| Monday,
27 November |
Did
the System Work?
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Mathabane,
Kaffir Boy, pp. 170-204, 216-223, 249-271, 328-335. |
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| Wednesday,
29 November |
What
kind of Culture did Apartheid Produce?
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Malan,
My Traitor's Heart, pp. 5-81. |
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| Friday,
1December |
What
does Culture Tell Us?
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Malan,
My Traitor's Heart, pp. 148-191. |
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| Week
14 |
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| Monday,
4 De cember |
What
is African Culture?
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Malan,
My Traitor's Heart, pp. 283-349. |
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| Wednesday,
6 December |
Can
the New South Africa Leave the Culture of Race Behind?
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Preamble
and Bill of Rights to the South African Constitution, e-reserve. |
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| Friday,
8 December |
Reconciliation?
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MOVIE:
"Facing the Truth," Viewing time to be determined. Paper
Due. |
| Thursday,
14 December |
Final
Exam, 2 pm
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