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History 332

History 332 Reading Guide with e-reserve and online database links

Week 1
- Preview
Week 2
- Introduction: Historical Visions and Sociological Models of Community
Week 3
- New England Communities: Witchcraft as a Community Phenomenon
Week 4
- Native American Communities: Tribes and Tribal Territories
Week 5
- Library Tour and Research Methodologies
Week 6
- Fall Vacation: No Class Meeting
Week 7
- The Frontier in the Early Republic: Community, Biography, Fiction, Myth
Week 8
- Individual Conferences; Research Paper Prospectus Due
Week 9
- Urban Life I: Environmental History, and Community within a Regional Network
Week 10
- Small Group Meetings: work-in-progress discussions
Week 11
- Urban Life II: Gender, Class and Neighborhood Communities
Week 12
- Small Group Meetings: Introduction and first section of Research Paper
Week 13
- Small Group Meetings: work-in-progress discussions
Week 14
- Final Class Meeting: work-in-progress reports