LATA 1986
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LATA 1986
Course Description
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This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization failed and why some succeeded. We will also explore other early modern failures, from bankrupt monopoly trade companies to ill-fated buccaneer communities and entire cities destroyed by earthquakes and hurricanes. Exploring failures, rather than successes, will help students understand the contingent process of colonial expansion as well as the roles of Indigenous dispossession, African slavery, and inter-imperial trade networks to the success or failure of early modern colonies. Over the course of the semester, my lectures will cover broad themes in failed enterprises, while students will read several monographs and primary-source collections on specific disasters. Some central questions include: Why did some colonies fail and other thrived? What role did social factors like gender, race, and class play in colonial failures? What can we learn about colonialism and imperialism through a focus on when those processes ended in disasters?
When Offered Spring.
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1986, ASRC 1986, HIST 1986
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Schmitt, C
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 215
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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