Charles M. Russell, Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flatheads in Ross's Hole, September 3, 1805
HIST 373: North American Conquest, 1500-1900
Fall 2021: Examines the long contest by aboriginal, imperial, and mercantile forces to control the North American continent from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s to the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Lectures and readings will explore the processes of colonization from many perspectives, paying equal attention to Aboriginal, American, English, French, Russian, and Spanish ambitions and activities.
Topics: processes of dispossession and incorporation; reciprocal relationships between nature and imperialism; global linkages in imperial contests; aboriginal agendas and responses to expansionism; political and economic development; spatial and historical implications of settlement.
Course Prerequisites
45 credit hours including 9 hours of lower division history credit and one of HIST 101, 212, or permission of the department.
Required Texts
Lisa Brooks, Our Beloved Kind: A New History of King Philip's War (Yale University Press, 2019)
John Demos: The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America (Vintage Press, 1995)
Karl Jacoby, Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History (Penguin, 2009)
Allan Radbourne, "The Education of Mickey Free," Journal of Arizona History 46 (Autumn 2005): 249-68.
Primary documents available on the Canvas website
Course Evaluation
Quizzes 10%
Midterm exam 30%
Research paper 30%
Final Exam 30%
Topics: processes of dispossession and incorporation; reciprocal relationships between nature and imperialism; global linkages in imperial contests; aboriginal agendas and responses to expansionism; political and economic development; spatial and historical implications of settlement.
Course Prerequisites
45 credit hours including 9 hours of lower division history credit and one of HIST 101, 212, or permission of the department.
Required Texts
Lisa Brooks, Our Beloved Kind: A New History of King Philip's War (Yale University Press, 2019)
John Demos: The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America (Vintage Press, 1995)
Karl Jacoby, Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History (Penguin, 2009)
Allan Radbourne, "The Education of Mickey Free," Journal of Arizona History 46 (Autumn 2005): 249-68.
Primary documents available on the Canvas website
Course Evaluation
Quizzes 10%
Midterm exam 30%
Research paper 30%
Final Exam 30%
