HIST 369 | History of the West and the Pacific Northwest

This course focuses on "world histories" of the Pacific North American West -- a globally connected set of Pacific Rim places including the states of Washington, Oregon and California, along with Hawai'i, Alaska, British Columbia, Mexico and many Indigenous Nations. It explores the many worlds of the Pacific North American West being made, transformed, and struggled over: Indigenous worlds; the imperial world of American Manifest Destiny; the worlds migrants and immigrants made, with special attention to the transpacific experiences of those from Asia (including Chinese and Japanese Americans); gendered worlds; worlds shaken by capitalism and modernity; and the natural worlds of land, water and air.