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The American South since the Civil War (VS1) (U02442)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : HCA-3-VS1-AMSTH

The course will examine key themes in the history of the American South since the Civil War. There is a rich historiography about the region centred around the issues of race, class, identity, religion, and modernity. The course will focus on the nature of Reconstruction, labour and the economy of the New South, agrarian protest, segregation, disfranchisement and lynching, religion and the Lost Cause, southern progressivism, the impact of the New Deal and the Second World War, the African American freedom struggle, the post-civil rights South, and the issue of the South's cultural persistence.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02177

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and American History 2 or equivalent. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 09:00 10:50 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course seeks to provide students with a good understanding of the South, a distinctive and significant American region, and its development since the end of the Civil War. In line with the other Honours courses of the subject area, this course enhances historical skills acquired by students in earlier courses by using a range of secondary and primary sources. Students will develop the ability to analyse and assess different sources available to the historian. During the course students will examine and engage with relevant historiographical debates. Students' conceptual development will be fostered through both written and oral work. The course structure encourages advanced progress in student research and writing and advanced progress in presentations and group discussions. To enable the achievement of these objectives, the course will have a seminar format and be limited to a size that will permit all students to participate actively in discussions.

Assessment Information

One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one take-home examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment).

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Caroline Cullen
Tel : (0131 6)50 3781
Email : caroline.cullen@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Mark Newman
Tel : (0131 6)50 3759
Email : m.newman@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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