AMST 2391

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AMST 2391
From Terra Incognita to Territories of Nation-States: Early American History in Two Dozen Maps

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course engages the rich cartographic record of colonial North America via an in-depth analysis of two dozen iconic maps. Integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess human representations of space across cultural boundaries, explore change over time in the mapmaking practices of indigenous peoples and various European intruders, and study the evolving relationship between cartography and power, attending particularly to the process by which mapping promoted a revolutionary new understanding of American geography as composed of the bounded territories of nation-states.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, HST-AS) (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2391

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18154 AMST 2391   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Parmenter, J