American Studies 20.3 - The American Frontier

Institution:

CUNY Brooklyn College

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Description:

3 hours; 3 credits Native Americans and the impact of European expansion from the colonies to California; homesteaders, speculators, ranchers, railroadmen, cowboys and outlaws; women and the frontier; the land as wilderness and as property; Spanish territorial and water rights; the Gold Rush; issues of the contemporary West; the development of hydroelectric and nuclear power. This course is the same as History 43.13. (Not open to students who completed History 43.9 in spring, 1988.)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 951-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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