HSB 225 - John Brown _s Body:Political Violence in American History

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University of Hartford

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Description:

The role of political violence in shaping American society, culture, and politics is explored. Topics may include the Whiskey Rebellion, Nat Turner, violence by and against abolitionists, draft resistance, lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, the Los Angeles riots, Timothy McVeigh, and 9/11, with discussion of the causes, justification, and costs of political violence as well as the responses to it. Prerequisite: Any HSB 100-level course.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hartford.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 768-4100

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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