"The same destructive spirit which has robbed us of the buffalo, which is fast extirpating the elk and threatens to make the salmon extinct, works its wanton will with our forests. When at last we are without wild game, large or small, when our valuable food fish are exterminated, we shall all then by the rivers of Oregon sit down and weep in vain. And when our descendants are told what forests we had here and how we wasted them, they will wonder whether they ought to revere the wisdom of their fathers."

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE: This course offers a survey of the history of what is now the Pacific Northwest. The course begins with an overview of the Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest prior to the invasion of Europeans and then examines how this invasion disrupted, and in many cases destroyed, Indian communities. The course then considers the processes by which the Pacific Northwest was incorporated into the United States polity from 1800 to 1860. This part of the course considers the position of the Pacific Northwest in the world system of rival nation states, the American migration to Oregon, state-making, and the politics of race. Next, the course examines the impact of industrial capitalism on the Pacific Northwest, especially focusing on labor, politics, and the environment from the Gilded Age through the New Deal. Finally, the course will focus on important issues in the history of the region since 1940: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, race relations, the struggles of Indian communities, and the environment.

READINGS: The following books are required and are available for purchase at the U of O Bookstore. They are also on reserve at the Knight library. Carlos A. Schwantes, The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (1989) Julie R. Jeffrey, Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman (1991) William Robbins, Hard Times in Paradise: Coos Bay, Oregon, 1850-1986 (1988) Quintard Taylor, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (1994) Richard White, The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River (1995)

	COURSE REQUIREMENTS: A mid-term exam to be held on Monday, November 2. In this exam I will ask you to identify and give the significance of a few terms from the readings and lectures and write an essay. (25%) Between five and seven quizzes. These will be given on the dates noted on the schedule. They will require you to write a short response to one or two questions about the reading assignment. (15%) A paper (8-10 pp.) in which you discuss a particular problem presently facing the Pacific Northwest in historical context. This paper will be due at the time of the final exam. I will provide some examples of possible topics around the second or third week of the course. (35%) A final exam to be held on Thursday, December 10, from 1:00 to 2:00. This exam, which was last only ONE hour, will require you to provide a short answer to twenty or twenty-give questions. (25%) Graduate students enrolled in 568 have two options (and should consult with me as soon as possible about them): Complete all the assignments for 468 and write a review of three books to be chosen in consultation with the instructor (these can be written either as three separate two-page reviews or a single six-page essay). Write a 20-25 page paper on a topic to be chosen in consultation with the instructor.
	SCHEDULE OF LECTURES, READINGS, AND ASSIGNMENTS:
	Week 1 (Sept. 28-Oct. 2) Lectures: The Land, the Region, and Native peoples Reading: Schwantes, 1-46; begin Jeffrey Possible Quiz: Oct. 2
	Week 2 (Oct. 5-9) Lectures: The Fur Trade, Disease, War, and Removal Reading: Schwantes, 47-77; finish Jeffrey Discussion of Jeffrey: (probably) Oct. 9 Possible Quiz: Oct. 9
	Week 3 (Oct. 12-16) Lectures: Geopolitics and Migration Reading: Schwantes, 78-94; Taylor, 3-48; Robbins, 3-25 Possible Quiz: Oct. 14 or 16
	Week 4 (Oct. 19-23) Lectures: State-making and Race Reading: Schwantes, 95-135; Taylor, 49-78; Robbins, 26-67 Possible Quiz: Oct. 23
	Week 5 (Oct. 26-30) Lectures: Industrial Capitalism and Labor Reading: Schwantes, 139-183, 237-265; Taylor, 79-134; Robbins, 68-79 Discussion of Taylor and Robbins (probably) Oct. 30 Possible Quiz: Oct. 30
	Week 6 (Nov. 2-6) MIDTERM EXAM: Nov. 2 Lectures: Industrial Capitalism, Natural Resources, and the Environment Reading: Schwantes, 184-233; Taylor, 135-189; Robbins, 80-121 Possible Quiz: Nov. 6
	Week 7 (Nov. 9-13) Lectures: Conservation and Politics Reading: Schwantes, 266-313; Robbins, 122-171 Dicussion of Robbins: Nov. 13 Possible Quiz: Nov. 13
	Week 8 (Nov. 16-20) Lectures: World War II, Japanese-American Internment, Indian Fishing Rights Reading: Schwantes, 317-340; Taylor, 190-240 Discussion of Taylor: Nov. 20 Possible Quiz: Nov. 20
	Week 9 (Nov. 23-25) Lectures: Termination and Indian Resurgence Reading: Schwantes, 340-367; start White
	Week 10 (Nov. 30-Dec. 4) Lectures on topics to be announced (possibilities include: WPPSS, salmon crisis, Pacific Northwest urban culture, contemporary Indian issues) Reading: Schwantes, 368-384; finish White Discussion of White: Dec. 4 Possible Quiz: Dec. 4
	FINAL EXAM: Thurs., Dec. 10, 1:00-2:00
	PAPER DUE: At the time of the final exam