A New Birth of Freedom: A History of the American Civil War

Summer 2012 quarter

Faculty

Geoffrey Cunningham

Fields of Study

American studies and history

Preparatory for studies or careers in

humanities, history, social science, teaching

Description

This course will explore the American Civil War as a struggle to create, as Lincoln said, "a new birth of freedom."  We will study the causes, consequences, course and legacy of secession, slavery, Emancipation, and Reconstruction.  Participants will evaluate the war as it is described, portrayed, interpreted, mythologized, and remembered in a variety of historical texts, personal accounts, and films.  The course will conclude by examining the promise and failure of Reconstruction, and its subsequent impact on race and the meaning of liberty in America.

Advertised Schedule

3-7p Tue/Thu (Jun. 26 - Jul. 26)

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

No Required Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Offered During

Day and Evening