SUMMER 2005

HISTORY 449/549: Race & Ethnicity in the American West

Weeks 1 to 4
MUWH . 12:00 -1:50

Questions? Contact Dr. Kevin Hatfield at kevhat@darkwing.uoregon.edu

Did the American West function as a “Racial Frontier that offered people of color greater opportunity for political autonomy, economic prosperity, and
social mobility that their respective places of origin? Or, did cultures of white supremacy,
institutionalized racism, and racialized slavery prevent such opportunities?

Explore the relationships among white and non-white groups in the West, as well as the cultural construction of race,
class and gender within the region from pre-contact through WW11.