HIST 811 - Urban America in the Age of Revolution

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

Urban life in the United States has roots in the colonial past. This seminar will study the role of the colonial city in the story of the Amrican Revolution. With an emphasis on Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston; the course will begin with a profile of the colonial America city and its place in the Atlantic world. Students will then look at the impact of two mid-18th-century colonial wars on urban life and search for traces of tensions assoicated with the growth of cities in the Anglo-American political crisis of the 1760s and 1770s. The seminar will examine the part played by each of these urban centers in the War for Independence and conclude with an assessment of their postwar prospects in the new American nation. 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

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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