American West and Its Borderlands

Graduate / Professional

This reading seminar examines historical scholarship on the US West and the US-Mexico border region with particular attention to recent works. It also attends to the development of the region's historiography. Topics include colonialism, migration, labor, urbanization, segregation, and political activism, and we pay careful attention to writings on the region’s Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, and Black communities. The seminar is designed for students pursuing graduate work in history, and in particular for those preparing for oral examinations or dissertation topics on the region or one of these key topics. T 9:25am-11:20am