History of the Hudson River Valley

Catalog description

(Formerly A HIS/A DOC 294.) This course examines the history of the Hudson River Valley from pre-European contact to the present, beginning with interactions between Native Americans and early Dutch and English settlers and the ways the Hudson River shaped patterns of Atlantic world and continental exchange. It then examines slavery, the region's role in the American Revolution, industrialization, religious transformations, the growth of cities, immigration, tourism, and efforts toward environmental conservation. Only one version of A HIS 294 may be taken for credit.