America in the Age of Sail

AHST-302-1259

University at Albany

  • Semester
    Winter 25/26
  • Instructor
    Christopher Pastore
  • Start Date
    12-22-2025
  • Total Credits
    3
  • Call to Register
    518-442-5140

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This course explores the social, cultural, and environmental histories of the American maritime people from roughly the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Topics will include the expansion of European maritime empires, sea-born piracy, maritime labor, the transatlantic slave trade, scientific exploration, fishing, whaling, and merchant trade. Fundamental to course analyses will be examinations of race, class, gender, and the environment both on shore and at sea.
Course Area: History
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-22-2025 - 01-16-2026
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Instructor: Christopher Pastore
Local Course ID: 26WI_ALB_AHST302_0001
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