HIST 4390

Reconstruction and the New South

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

This course focuses on the American South in the nineteenth century as it made the transition from Reconstruction to new forms of social organization and patterns of race relations. Reconstruction will be considered from a sociopolitical perspective, concentrating on the experiences of the freed people. The New South emphasis will include topics on labor relations, economic and political changes, new cultural alliances, the rise of agrarianism, and legalization of Jim Crow.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)

Comments Co-meets with ASRC 6391/HIST 6391.

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