US 260 - Global Borderlands:Exp Cultural Crossrds

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Arcadia University

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Students in this University Seminar explore the economic, political, and societal exchanges that occur at cultural meeting places across the globe, beginning in the United States-Mexico borderlands. What is a frontier and how does it differ from borderlands? How did indigenous cultures in the Americas negotiate and resist European nation building in the Americas? How are families affected by transnational migrant work patterns that happen across the globe? What does the illicit arms trade say about national boundaries? This course not only explores life at the edges of nations. It also explores how borderlands can be found between the urban and suburban, the pastoral and wild, and as sites of exchange between peoples of different ethnic backgrounds within and beyond nations. From this students comprehend the vital role that borderlands play in shaping life at the local, regional, and national and international levels.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.arcadia.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 572-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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