Topic: Atlantic Pirates & Patriots
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10:00am-11:15am | TuTh | Bowden Hall 118 | York, Wilson. | HSC. | 4 | 2967 | TBA. |
Content: Survey of the eighteenth-century Atlantic World, with alternate influence on national contexts (i.e. the English/British Atlantic, the Iberian Atlantic, the Dutch Atlantic, etc.) and thematic paradigms (slavery, commerce, warfare, geography, etc.)
Possible Texts: Robert Harms, The Diligent: A Voyage through the Worlds of the Atlantic Slave Trade; Ian K. Steele, The English Atlantic 1675-1740: An Exploration of Communication and Community; Marcus Rediker, The Slave Ship: A Human History; April Hatfield, Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century
Required Texts: Bernard Bailyn, Atlantic History: Concept and Contours; John McCusker & Russell Menard, The Economy of British America, 1607-1789
Recommended Texts: J.H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement 1450-1650; David Hancock, Citizens of the World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic Community, 1735-1785; Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies; Richard Dunn, Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713
Grading: 20% Weekly review essays; 15% Midterm examination; 25% Final review essay; 20% Final examination; -20% Class participation
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