Undergraduate Course: The Making of the United States (HIST08037)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide a general overview of American history from the arrival of the first permanent European settlers at Jamestown in 1607 through Reconstruction. |
| Course description |
The major topics covered in the course include:
1. Pre-Columbian America
2. Colonization
3. The American Revolution
4. The Constitution
5. The Early Republic
6. Slavery
7. Market Revolution
8. Western Expansion and Manifest Destiny
9. The Civil War
10. Reconstruction
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate command of a substantial body of historical knowledge
- demonstrate the ability to develop and sustain historical arguments in a variety of literary forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence
- demonstrate an understanding of the varieties of approaches to understanding, constructing, and interpreting the past; and where relevant, knowledge of concepts and theories derived from the humanities and the social sciences
- demonstrate the ability to address historical problems in depth, involving the use of contemporary sources and advanced secondary literature
- demonstrate clarity, fluency, and coherence in written and oral expression
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Reading List
Berlin, Ira 'From Creole to African: Atlantic Creoles and the Origins of African- American Society in Mainland North America.' William & Mary Quarterly 52 (1996): 251-288.
Cogliano, Francis D. Revolutionary America, 1763-1815. London: Routledge, 2009.
Faust, Drew G. 'The Dread Void of Uncertainty.' Southern Cultures 11 (2005): 7:32.
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty. New York: Norton, 2011.
Morgan, Edmund S. 'Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox.' Journal of American History 59 (1972): 5:29.
Neely, Mark E. 'Was the Civil War a Total War?' Civil War History, 50 (2004): 434:458.
Perdue, Theda. 'The Legacy of Indian Removal.' Journal of Southern History 78 (2012): 3-36.
Rakove, Jack. 'The Great Compromise.' William & Mary Quarterly 44 (1987): 424:457.
Young, Alfred. 'George Robert Twelves Hewes.' William & Mary Quarterly 38 (1981): 561:623.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Making of US |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Silkenat
Tel: (0131 6)50 4614
Email: David.Silkenat@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Alexandra Adam
Tel: (0131 6)50 3767
Email: alex.adam@ed.ac.uk |
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