07:20 PM to 10:00 PM TR
Section Information for Summer 2017
HIST 615/HIST 635
Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World: Transatlantic Popular Entertainment in the Nineteenth Century
In the nineteenth century, hundreds of American entertainment acts crossed the Atlantic to Britain with the hope of making their fortunes. Jim Crow, the Virginia Minstrels, P.T Barnum and General Tom Thumb, Buffalo Bill, as well as various singing groups, “giants” and “strongmen” all made the crossing. These performers arrived during a time of cultural and political reform in Britain brought on by the Reform Act of 1832, and anxiety over the “Condition of England.” Additionally, when these performers visited Britain there was much debate concerning the value of American representative government and the culture that supported it. This course will examine the reception of American entertainment within this context in Britain. It will examine how the acts affected British perceptions of America and Americans, and the bearing this had on the broader culture and politics of Britain.
This course can fulfill one of the following requirements: Europe 1789-1914, United States Origins to 1861, or United States 1816-1914.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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