History 380 - Topics in Comparative History

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Whitman College

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A course which examines selected topics applied across geographical boundaries or chronological periods. . 380A ST: Culture and Contact in the Atlantic World 1400-1800 (4, x) Hadley Between 1400 and 1800, civilizations on four continents - Europe, Africa, North and South America - became entangled across the broad expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. New identities and vocabularies arose from this cultural amalgamation, creating what is now known as "The Atlantic World." We begin by examining Atlantic World civilizations in the century before contact, contextualizing societal changes wrought by subsequent explorations, trade, migrations (voluntary and forced), conquest, colonization and resistance. Subsequent topics include the role of Africans in the Atlantic world and the persistence of African culture in the Americas; the Spanish conquest and colonization of Mexico and Peru; the role of coercion and domination in cross-cultural interactions; the new global economic order; religion as an agent of imperialism and a buttress of resistance; the intellectual impact that the New World had upon the Old ("possessing" the New World) and the examination of non-European perspectives. Course work includes lectures and discussion and use of primary documents and secondary analyses. Distribution Area: Social Science, Alternative Voice

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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