RACE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICAN WEST.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: ENGL 201 or permission of instructor. Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity. This course is a brief survey of the American West that evaluates its diverse histories of race and culture from the inception of the United States to the present. Through a historiographical evaluation of the trans-Mississippi West, students will examine evolving and contradictory narratives, including focuses on gender, race, class, labor, and sexuality, to better understand the multitude of experiences that have and continue to shape the history of the West.