07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T
Section Information for Spring 2016
Global Microhistories examines narrative histories written about individuals, groups of people, places, and events from a detailed perspective. We will focus on the Atlantic World (Europe, Africa, Latin America, and British America) in the early modern period (1500-1800) and we will examine the lives of women and men; Native Americans, Africans, Europeans and their descendants; Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and others. Possible readings include Ginzburg’s Cheese and the Worms, Davis’s Trickster Travels, Spence’s Question of Hu, Sparks’ Two Princes of Calabar, Townsend’s Malintzin’s Choices, and Kierner’s Scandal at Bizarre. These micro-level histories are engagingly-written narratives that are a joy to read. They allow us to understand larger historical events and processes more fully and give us insight into groups and cultures that are not as well-represented in traditional political histories. This course fulfills the ancient to 1789 requirement.
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Credits: 3
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Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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