Jan. 5, 2009 to syllabus
American Radicalism I: History 350

Course Organization and Requirements: I advise you to bookmark the syllabus (on the web at http://www.uoregon.edu/~dapope/350syllabus--w09.htm) for future reference. You can also get to the syllabus through the Course Documents section of the Blackboard site for this course. Before or shortly after each class, I'll post a link from the syllabus to the outline and notes for the class session.

I. Defining Radicalism

A. Goals--Equality (Opportunity? Results?)

B. Methods--"Illegitimate" means?
Link to "Introduction: The Nature and Significance of American Radicalism"

(This is a brief essay in which I develop some of the themes and approaches to the study of American radicalism.)

II. Themes and Questions

A. Meanings of the American Revolution

B. Race and Racism

C. Violence

D. Consensus and Conflict in American History

Tom Paine                                                        Nat Turner Preaching

Elizabeth Cady Stanton                         The Haymarket Anarchists