"There is properly no history; only biography." -- Emerson, Essays, 1841

History 111 – U.S. History I

Beginning with the arrival of Europeans in the Americans through the end of Reconstruction in 1877, this course provides an introduction to the major themes of early American history.

History 271 – Women and Work in Historical Perspective

Focusing upon United States history from the colonial era to the present, this course considers both unpaid and paid work by women.  We also examine the roles of race, ethnicity and class in determining women's work experiences, and seek to understand the ways in which work could challenge as well as reinforce women's subservient position in society.

History 274 – Sex, Marriage, and the Family in Historical Perspective

In this course, we trace the history of the American family from the colonial era through the present day.  We pay particular attention to changing conceptions of motherhood and fatherhood, marriage, childrearing, sexuality, relationships between parents and children, and the state’s role in family life.

History 366 – American Revolutionary Period

Covering the period from 1763 through 1790, this course examines the roles of women, slaves, free blacks, laboring men, political thinkers, slaveholders, evangelicals, British loyalists, common soldiers, and wealthy farmers during the tumultuous years of the American Revolution.

History 450/History 990 -- History of the American South, 1600-1900

Beginning with slavery and ending with segregation and Jim Crow, this course focuses on the complicated, often violent, relationships between race, sex, and power in the American South.