Table of Contents - Hartwick College

the South; the place of the Southern colonies in the Atlantic World; the
place of the Southern states in the early republic and antebellum period;
race, class, and gender in Southern life; the question of change and
continuity in Southern history; and the New South.
275 American Indian History to 1700 (3 credits) From the peopling
of the New World some 20,000 plus years ago to 1700, the rise of
civilizations, the differentiation of cultures and the impact of European
civilization on Indian America are mapped out and probed. The first third
of the course will emphasize Indians’ world views and their relationships
with each other and their varying environments. The course will examine
the social, religious, technological, ecological and political changes that
impacted Indian societies between 1492 and 1700. (NTW) or (SBA)
276 American Indian History since 1700 (3 credits) The interaction
between Native Americans and the U.S. from 1700 to the present. The
topics covered include: wars and alliances, trade patterns, revitalization
movements, federal-Indian relations, philanthropic and missionary
activities, the reservation period, Red Power, etc. (NTW) or (SBA)
283 Western Medicine since 1500 (3 credits) The history of Disease
and its treatment in Europe and the United States since the reform of the
study of anatomy by Andreas Versalius. While the overall theme will be
the development of medicine as a science and a profession, attention will
also be given to traditional medicine, women as healers, epidemics and
the 19 th century public health movement, and the vexed relationship
between the State commercialism and the delivery of healthcare after
1880. (WHS)
305 The Renaissance (4 credits) This course will not be a chronological
survey. The origins of the idea of the “Renaissance” and how this concept
has framed Western perceptions of modernity will be considered. The
functional practicality of applying this concept to Italian culture and
society between 1350 and 1550 will be investigated. The course has two
goals: to provide an understanding of the world of the Italian Renaissance
and to critique the values we have associated with that world.
Prerequisites: 209, 210 or instructor’s permission. (WHS)
306 Reformation Europe 1450-1600 (4 credits) This course
examines the dissolution of Medieval European culture as a system of
regulated religious beliefs and established political relations between the
Roman church and secular powers. It also will consider the economic
dislocation and social tensions that animated the Reformation passions,
and examine the reintegration of these dynamic factors into new systems
of belief and power during the age of confessional struggles. Prerequisites:
Hist 209, 210 or instructor’s permission. (WHS)
308 Enlightenment and Revolution (4 credits) This course examines
the efforts of 18 th century intellectuals to rationalize the experiences of the
17 th century crises. It analyzes the political and social culture of the Old
Regime and the growing friction among the powerful nation-states in
Europe and overseas. Finally it considers the social, economic and
political pressures which culminated in the French and Industrial
revolutions and traces the trajectories of those revolutions. Prerequisites:
Hist 210, 212, or instructor’s permission. (WHS)
324 Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean (4 credits) This
course examines how the institution of slavery was transplanted in Latin
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