AMST 2391

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AMST 2391
From Terra Incognita to Territories of Nation-States: Early American History in Two Dozen Maps

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course engages the rich cartographic record of colonial North America via an in-depth analysis of two dozen iconic maps. Integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess human representations of space across cultural boundaries, explore change over time in the mapmaking practices of indigenous peoples and various European intruders, and study the evolving relationship between cartography and power, attending particularly to the process by which mapping promoted a revolutionary new understanding of American geography as composed of the bounded territories of nation-states.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, HST-AS)

Last 3 terms offered 2024FA, 2022SP, 2020SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2391

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8016 AMST 2391   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person