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HIST 23800 - The American West

Course Credit: 1
THE AMERICAN WEST This course examines the development of the North American West as a recognized region over the past 500 years. It focuses on several primary themes: imperial conflict, the origins of globalism, ideologies of expansion, settler colonialism, ethnic conflict, environmental change, technology, politics, regional and national identity, and mythmaking. [GE, HSS]