This course examines themes in American history--including race, empire, dispossession, political power, personal aspiration, freedom and modernity--using California as a critical frame. Students will work with primary evidence from material, textual and visual culture and will consider questions that have defined California’s political, social, and intellectual history.

Prerequisite(s): 0.5 course in History at the 2200-level or above.

Extra Information: 2 seminar hours.