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HI 315 - The History of Everyday Life

Instructor: Col. Koons
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 538
Date/Time: 7:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3

Social history is an approach to the past which deemphasizes the study of “famous men, great ideas, and big events” in favor of description and analysis of the lives of ordinary people of the past and the social and economic structures which shaped their lives. This course introduces students to sources and methods for the study of “history from the bottom up” and focuses on topics such as family life, courtship and marriage, sex and death, patterns of work and leisure, gender relations, childhood and youth, and old age. Note: Region: Europe or United States, but not both. Methodologically intensive.