HIST 478 - The Old South

(3 S.H.)

This course examines many issues, topics, and themes central to the history of the American South (ca. 1800 to 1860). Among the key topics that we look at are the colonial origins, the origins and evolution of planter culture, the nature of yeomen society, the diverse lives of southern women, the economics of slavery, slave life and culture, the politics of slavery and the coming of the Civil War, and the rise and fall of the Confederacy. Grade only.

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