The American Frontier: 1776-1848

3 units

This course will examine the nation's shifting frontier from independence through the Mexican-American War. It will consider people and places in flux as their nationality, demography, and social order underwent dramatic changes. Students will make use of an extensive electronic archive of primary sources including period documents, historic maps, and contemporary artwork, in order to consider how these sources confirm, reject, or expand on the ideas they encounter in published scholarship.