From Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to Norman Asing: Incorporating the “Pacific World” into the Early US History Survey

Friday, January 5, 2018: 9:30 AM
Delaware Suite A (Marriott Wardman Park)
Amy Godfrey Powers, Waubonsee Community College
In “From Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to Norman Asing: Incorporating the ‘Pacific World’ into the Early U.S. History Survey,” Amy Godfrey Powers (Waubonsee Community College) will discuss the ways in which she uses trans-Pacific themes of trade, immigration, labor, and nation-building to reinvigorate her early U.S. History survey courses with a fresh and engaging narrative for today’s community college students.
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