HIST 3206A: Place, Politics, and the Resettling of the Prairie West
Winter 2024
Instructor: Professor Michel Hogue
Description: This course the investigates the political, economic and social changes that occurred across the Prairie West in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It seeks to put a human face to the broad structural transformations of the era, from the demise of the mercantile capitalism of the fur trade to the advance of the agrarian capitalism that made the modern Prairies. In the process, it exposes the close entanglements that bound Indigenous peoples and their would-be colonizers.
Format: This course will be offered live and in-person. Our investigations over the course of the semester will be organized around the weekly readings. Our time in class will be divided between lectures and discussions that will help to contextualize those readings, as well as various applied activities that will give you the opportunity to develop vital research and writing skills.
Evaluation: The course activities will include:
- Weekly quizzes and in-class writing assignments based on the assigned readings
- A final exam
Questions? Please contact me at michel.hogue@carleton.ca