Colonial Origins and Legacies – Thurs, Sept 13

by admin - September 13th, 2018

For Thurs 9/13 we move from a generic, conceptual definition of citizenship to (in Bellamy’s terms) a more empirical examination of actual citizenship in the American colonies and early republic. Who could be a citizen? Who was deemed capable of consenting? Who actually represented whom and how?

The reading is Waldman, The Fight to Vote, chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-32). If you don’t yet have the book, it is placed on course reserve at the library’s circulation desk (not in the regular stacks; ask at the desk).

Questions to Guide Your Reading
(no response paper due)

PDF Packet (handed out in class)

If you’re able, bring the book to class, or take good notes and bring your notes.

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