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HIST 269 Politics and the State in Canada to 1896 Units: 3.00
How political power was conceived, exercised, and contested in Indigenous, French, and British colonial, and early national formations of what is now Canada. The origins and nature of liberal democracy and changing forms of popular political participation, schooling, and the criminal law receive particular attention.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 2 or above.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the major themes, events, problems, and changes over time in the history of politics and the state among the different Indigenous and non-Indigenous polities and jurisdictions in northern North America to the Canadian federal election of 1896.
- Develop the ability to think historically about political institutions, norms, laws, forms of governance and popular protest, including democracy.
- Locate historically key aspects and themes that persist in Canadian politics and the state.
- Be introduced to reading and writing about primary-source evidence from the past in conjunction with lecture and other interpretative materials.
- Practice and refine skills to present cogent arguments, sustain historical analysis, and marshal relevant evidence in clear, logically-organized, and persuasive prose.