PART 1 EXPLORATION AND FRONTIER SETTLEMENT

Aug 27 Unit 1. American Wilderness and European Exploration
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 1-2

Sept 1 Unit 1. First Settlements and Frontier Conflict
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 3-4

Sept 3 Unit 2. American Revolution and Western Land Speculation
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 5

Sept 8 Unit 3. Backcountry Society and Antebellum Economy
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 6-9 Lewis, 1-44

PART II SECTIONALISM AND STATEHOOD

Sept 10 Unit 4. Virginia Sectionalism and the Politics of Slavery
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 10-11

Sept 15 Unit 4. (cont.) Sectionalism

Sept 17 Unit 5. Secession and the Reorganized Government of Virginia
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 12

Sept 22 Unit 6. West Virginia Statehood
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 14
                                      

PART III CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

Sept 24 Unit 6. (cont.) Civil War and West Virginia Statehood
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 13

Sept 29 Unit 6. (cont.) West Virginia Sectionalism and Civil War Film 

Oct 1 Unit 7. Reconstruction and Bourbon Democracy
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 15-16
                                      

PART IV TRANSITION TO A RURAL-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Oct 6 Unit 8. Industrial Transition: The Railroad & Timber Boom
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 17 Lewis, 45-102, 131-184

Oct 8 Unit 8. (cont.) Railroad & Timber Boom: Economic, Social, and Political Change
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 19-21 Lewis, 103-129, 185-234

Oct 13 Unit 9. Railroad & Timber Boom: the Consequences
Read: Lewis, 235-292 

Oct 15 Film: "Hatfields vs. McCoys"

Oct 20 Mid-Term Examination (covers all materials/lectures through Oct 13)

Oct 22 Unit 10. Industrial Transition in the Coal Fields: Coal Communities, the "Judicious Mixture," and Social Control
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 18, 20    Savage, first half

Oct 27 Unit 10. (cont.) Company Towns and Social Control
Read: Savage, cont.

Oct 29 Unit 11. The West Virginia Mine Wars
Read: Savage, finish
                                      

PART V GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL

Nov 3 Election Day Recess

Nov 5 Unit 12. The Great Depression in West Virginia

Nov 10 Unit 12. (cont.) New Deal, and Resurgence of the Democratic Party
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 23  
                                      

PART VI MODERN REFORM

Nov 12 Unit 13. Modern Reform Era: Desegregation, Politics, and Grassroots Reform 

Nov 17 Unit 13. (cont.) Miners for Democracy and Reform
Read: Rice & Brown, chap. 24

Nov 19 Film: "Before the Mountain was Moved"

Dec 3 Unit 14. Absentee Ownership and Education

Dec 8 Unit 14. (cont.) Unemployment and Out Migration

Dec 10 Unit 15. Current Issues: Jobs vs. Environment? 
 
                                      

Dec 18 Final Examination 11:00 AM -- 1:00 PM.