2023 Fall HISTORY 135B 001 LEC 001

2023 Fall

HISTORY 135B 001 - LEC 001

Encounter & Conquest in Indigenous America

Brian DeLay

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023
Tu, Th
03:30 pm - 04:59 pm
Physics Building 2
Class #:31411
Units:4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through History

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 1
Enrolled: 99
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 100
Waitlist Max: 20
No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, and 9 hours of outside work hours.

Final Exam

FRI, DECEMBER 15TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Physics Building 2

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Course Catalog Description

The early colonial period in the Americas is one of history’s most traumatic, astonishing, and consequential eras. This lecture class compares and contrasts histories of encounter, resistance, conquest, and colonization in three regions of indigenous America: Hispaniola, the Valley of Mexico, and the St. Lawrence River Valley. Each section will begin with regional geography and indigenous and European contexts on the eve of contact. As the class progresses, lectures and discussions of primary sources will interrogate the dynamics that gave rise to the complex and profoundly unequal American societies of the early colonial period, with their stratified, diverse populations.

Class Description

The early colonial period in the Americas is one of history’s most traumatic, astonishing, and consequential eras. This class compares and contrasts histories of encounter, resistance, conquest, and colonization in three regions of indigenous America: Hispaniola, the Valley of Mexico, & the St. Lawrence River Valley. Each section will begin with regional geography and indigenous/European contexts, and then consider the events of contact, struggles over resources and labor, intellectual and cultural responses to contact, the transformations and adaptations of invaded societies, and finally the emergence of new, regionally-specific colonial orders. In the process, we will be interrogating the dynamics that gave rise to the complex and profoundly unequal American societies of the early colonial period. Discussions will center on close, critical reading of primary sources from all three regions.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills

Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
American Cultures Requirement
American History Requirement

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

No Reserved Seats

Textbooks & Materials

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