History 301 - Col: Homelands & New Worlds

This course examines Native and colonial understandings of 'place' in the region today called New England. Beginning with indigenous homelands, it investigates Algonquian Indian ancestral and mythic landscapes that rooted Native communities in particular ecosystems. It moves through the colonization period, tracking how European arrivals transferred Old World ideas, agendas, and organisms into new environments. It examines colonists' strategies for exploiting natural resources of the rivers, forests, and coasts, and for developing built environments that made the New World feel like home.

Prereq: 8 credits in History department