We rarely think of ourselves as “North Americans”, but our country was shaped by the complicated emergence of three independent but deeply interconnected North American nations. Our course will begin with a brief overview of North American history, focusing on the unlikely the emergence of these three separate nations. We will look at different ways of seeing North America, in terms of historic and ethnic, environmental and economic regions. The course will look more deeply at Mexico and Canada and examine the development of deeper continental economic ties in North America. We will compare developments in North America to Europe and now, in Asia, and finally try to step back and see where North America is now and what lies in its (our!) future.
((Stephen Blank - Wednesday - Zoom))
