HIST114 CM - Race and Racism in The Colonial Americas

This course examines the development of ideas of race and racial difference in the Atlantic World from the 16^th to the 19^th centuries. Contact and interaction between indigenous Americans, Europeans, and Africans produced fabricated categories of social standing that continue to the present day. The class will explore how colonial regimes worked aggressively to police those racial lines. Yet, we will also consider how relations between and among those groups challenged and altered these racial constructs. This will culminate in an overall discussion on the evolution of modern racial attitudes.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST114 CM