Postgraduate Course: Beyond Slavery: Race, Class, and Citizenship in the American South (1860-1940) (PGHC11327)
Course Outline
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School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course explore the interplay of race and class in the American South in the context of the long African-American struggle for citizenship in the United States. In a region shaped by the powerful legacy of slavery, the egalitarian constitutional reforms that followed the Civil War did not lead to substantive equality for African-Americans. As individuals or in groups they challenged the status quo and struggled to establish a broader and more enforceable conception of citizenship, one that would realize the egalitarian promise of the Declaration of Independence. While the postbellum South has received a considerable amount of scholarly attention in the last thirty years, its mainstream view still tends to depict blacks as passive victims in a system designed and controlled by whites. In this course students will gain a sophisticated understanding of race and class relations in the region and will explore how African-Americans resisted racial segregation and class exploitation in a variety of ways. |
Entry Requirements
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Wednesday |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should have demonstrated in presentations, seminar discussions, and essays:
! an advanced understanding of the major events and historical trends that affected the American South between 1860 and 1940.
! awareness of the major historiographical debates involving the American South, its system of labour and race relations, political activism and civil rights, including the ability to assess historians= positions in these debates and to formulate original interventions therein.
! the ability to evaluate critically primary sources, secondary sources and the seminar contributions of their colleagues.
! the use of these critical skills to advance clear, well-reasoned and independent arguments in both written and oral forms.
Where relevant, students should also have begun to devise a plan of research for the MSc dissertation that takes into account and critically responds to appropriate historiographical contexts. |
Assessment Information
| Following School practice in the assessment of MSc courses, assessment will involve a paper of around 3000 words. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Fabian Hilfrich
Tel: (0131 6)51 3236
Email: Fabian.Hilfrich@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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