HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Politics Of The United States, American Imperialism, Indian Reservation
16 Sep 2016
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His271y1 history of the united states since 1607. Lecture #1: intro, tools for analyzing history, & colonization and the first atlantic system. Course themes: transnational slavery, discrimination, & african-american history. The specific shape of discrimination changes over time, but remains constant as a force; racial issues today have their roots in the problems arising from slavery and segregation: long history of american imperialism. Power & history: people with more power have more influence on how history is written. However, it is very difficult to write less powerful groups out of history altogether; where there is power, there is resistance to power, and resistance will make itself known. It is helpful to read the power in the story , which is the first chapter of michel-rolph. This will be invoked often over the course of the year. What is history: tools for analyzing history.
