RACE & GENDER IN AMERICA I
SEMESTER 1, 2005

Over the past few decades historians have paid increasing attention to marginal groups. This shift has profoundly reshaped the study of history and given rise to a host of innovative approaches to history writing. This unit of study introduces students to these developments by looking at how historians have incorporated race and gender into their analysis of nineteenth century America. Focusing on a variety of themes in this period - from the rise of sentimentalism to the decline of slavery - we will explore how scholars have struggled with the issues raised by integrating relatively powerless groups into their analysis. Whereas our readings concentrate on themes in nineteenth century American history, one of the main aims of this unit is to introduce students to the theoretical and methodological concerns that accompanied the rise of race and gender analysis - concerns that can be applied to studies beyond the U.S.

CONTACT:

Dr. Frances Clarke
Lecturer
Department of History
School of Philosophical & Historical Inquiry
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006

Phone: +61 2 9351 2880
Fax: +61 2 9351 3918
Office: 838 Brennan
frances.clarke@arts.usyd.edu.au