HIS 202 - Native American Culture and the Frontier Experience

Institution:

Westminster College - Pennsylvania

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Description:

This course will focus on the encounter and conflict between the Native American people who inhabited the Americas and the Europeans and then Americans who challenged them for the land. The course will address the nature and history of a frontier that has moved and changed continuously since 1492. The course will also investigate the way the physical environment was transformed by the Europeans and Americans, and how the cultures of both were influenced by the other. Sources will include historical narratives, original documents, literature and film.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.westminster.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 946-8761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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