HIST 305 - Disease,Race & Colonialism in the Americas

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Trinity College

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History of Disease, Race and Colonialism in the Americas. Colonialism in the Americas has traditionally been studied from different historiographical perspectives. However, what Arjun Appadurai has called the number in the colonial imagination has usually been excluded from serious attention. This course will place issues about numbers in the colonial imagination and key processes at the center of major historical problems of the period between the 1490s and 1820s. These will focus especially on the introduction of European diseases, and the categorization and counting of colonized peoples into races. Among the questions to be addressed are: How many peoples lived in the Americas before Columbus How do we know How many died from imported diseases How do we know How many enslaved Africans did the Europeans transport to the Americas How do we know How did colonial officials count different races Why was this important 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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