HIST 395: Topics in Digital History

HIST 395-002: Law and Order in Modern America
(Spring 2019)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR

East Building 122

Section Information for Spring 2019

This course is a thematic study of the history of crime and its policing and prosecution in the United States from the 1870s to the 1920s. We will use newspapers in the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America collection to explore the incidence, definition, and policing of offenses such as murder, assault, prostitution, rape, sodomy, robbery, theft, counterfeiting, and forgery. To make sense of that evidence, we will analyse the history of how newspapers reported crime and how the criminal justice system developed. The major assignment is a digital project that examines a specific crime as it was reported in a particular time or place.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Introduces students to issues and methods in digital history through study of a particular topic May be repeated within the term for a maximum 15 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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