Course Description
Focuses on historiographical analyses of key events and circumstances in southern history from slavery to the Sunbelt. Heavy emphasis on critical reading of secondary texts and historiographical writing.
Athena Title
COLLOQ IN SOHIST
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will acquire a broad knowledge of the historiography of key topics in Southern history and improve their skills in both critical reading and writing.
Topical Outline
Slavery and Race Causes of the Civil War Reconstruction Disfranchisement Segregation Gender in Southern History Populism Progressivism The New Deal and the South World War II and the South The Civil Rights Movement Southern Politics after the Civil Rights Movement The Rise of the Sunbelt Whither Southern Identity?