Middlebury

HIST0393A-F15

Gender in Early America

A History of Gender in Early America
Exploration, conquest, settlement, revolution, and nation-building: no course in early American history should ignore such traditional topics. In this course, though, we will examine the various ways that gender shaped these historical processes. How, for example, did colonials’ assumptions about manhood and womanhood affect the development of slavery in America? Or how did the Founding Fathers’ identities as men inform their attitudes about democracy and citizenship? We will scrutinize historical documents, of both a private and public nature, and discuss several recent scholarly works on gender from 1600-1850 to consider these kinds of questions. Pre-1800. 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92153
Subject Code:
HIST
Course Number:
0393
Section Identifier:
A

Course

HIST 0393

All Sections in Fall 2015

Fall 2015

HIST0393A-F15 Seminar (Morsman)