In this course, we compare how people define their races and ethnicities in urban settings in the early modern to modern era comparing a number of areas.
How do people define and redefine “their” space and “our” space? We will turn these questions over in our hands as historians with historians’ tools: evidence, analysis, and storytelling or narrative.
By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of race and ethnic identity in the United States and how the U.S. compares to urban cultures around the world.
This course will be designed to fulfill the 4000-level requirements of the History Department meaning that it will guide students through an original research project that will utilize both primary and secondary sources and entail significant writing.
