MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE


 

History 1011                                                        Fall, 2003

Development of America I                              Mr. Bowling

                                                                             J. Danielski

                                         

Books:

Pauline Maier et alia, Inventing America, vol 1 (New
    York, 2003).

Judith A. Carney, Black Rice; The African Origins of Rice

     Cultivation in the Americas (Cambridge, Mass., 2001).

Cathy Matson, Merchants and Empire; Trading in
    Colonial New York (Baltimore, 1998).

Joyce Appleby, Inheriting the Revolution; the First
    Generation of Americans (Cambridge, Mass., 2000).

David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory’s War;
    Andrew Jackson & the Quest for Empire (Baton Rouge,
    1996).

Forrest McDonald, States’ Rights & the Union; Imperium
    et Imperio (Lawrence, 2000).

Gary Gallagher, The Confederate War (Cambridge,
    Mass., 1997).

Requirements:

1. Attendance.

2. Participation.

3. Readings.

4. Successful completion of three examinations.

 

Schedule:
Topics  Readings
Sept. 4   The New Worlds  Maier, chs.
  1, 2
Sept. 8-
  11		 Virginia  Maier, ch. 3
The Puritan Experiment Maier, ch. 4
The Great Awakening
Sept.15-
  18		 The Colonial Economy Carney
“Salutary Neglect”                        Matson
Origins of the Revolution
Birth of a Nation Maier, ch. 5
Sept. 22-
  25		 The Critical Period
The New Constitution
The Indispensable Man  Maier, ch. 6
Sept. 29 Jefferson vs. Hamilton
Oct. 1-2 The Revolution of 1800
Oct. 6


F I R S T
E X A M I N A T I O N

Oct. 9 Jeffersonianism in Practice
Maier, chs.
  7, 8 
Oct. 13 
C O L U M B U S   D A Y
Oct. 16  Why the War of 1812?
Oct. 20-
  23   		 The Lessons of “Victory” Appleby
Farmers and Others
Oct. 27-
  30		 Andrew Jackson, Symbol Maier, chs.
  9, 10 
Prelude to Civil War 
Nov. 3-
  6		 Two-Party Politics Maier, ch.
  11
The Peculiar Institution        Heidler
Varieties of Anti-Slavery Maier, chs.
  12, 13
Nov. 10  
S E C O N D
E X A M I N A T I O N
Nov. 13  The First Age of Reform Maier, ch.
  14
Going West
Nov. 17-
  20		 The 1850s: Decade of Crises Maier, ch.
  15
Nov. 24 The Crisis of ‘60-’61  McDonald
Nov. 27
T H A N K S G I V I N G
Dec. 1-4 Civil War: Order of Battle  Maier, ch.
  16
Dec. 8-
  11

 

 The Union Preserved Gallagher