Subject Area: Americas Studies<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: History<br/><br/>This course focuses on the experiences of indigenous people of the Americas in the pre-Columbian and post-Columbian periods. Topics include the origins of the First Nations, modes of production pre-European contact (hunter gatherers, early agriculturalists), the formation of class societies, cities and empires (including the Maya, Aztecs and Incas), belief systems, responses to the European invasions (flight, resistance, adaption) both in the colonial and post colonial periods, up until contemporary political and social movements. Case studies are used from many areas of... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 24 units of credit in either the History or Americas Studies streams
