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Academic Year 2003/2004
United States Intellectual History Since 1865
HIST 236 SP
This course provides an introduction to major issues in United States intellectual history from the Civil War to the present. Beginning with the shock of the nations near dissolution, we will explore the important
questions
of suffrage, political reform, and political inclusion that have been raised by intellectuals as the nation has struggled to realize the promise of democracy. During the semester we will also discuss the role that the
world
of ideas, separate from institutional politics, plays in national life. We will attempt to establish why some ideas succeed in creating or contributing to larger political and social changes, and why others fail to do
so.
MAJOR READINGS
Large photocopied packet
David A. Hollinger, Charles Capper (eds.), THE AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, vol. 2, 3rd ed.
Nancy Cohen, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM: 1865-1914
Lizabeth Cohen, A
CONSUMERS' REPUBLIC: THE POLITICS OF
MASS CONSUMPTION IN POSTWAR AMERICA
Carl Degler, IN SEARCH OF HUMAN NATURE: THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF DARWINISM IN AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT
Christina Klein, COLD WAR ORIENTALISM: ASIA IN THE MIDDLEBROW
IMAGINATION, 1945-1961 (University of
California Press, 2003)
David Steigerwald, THE SIXTIES AND THE END OF MODERN AMERICA
Jacques Steinberg, THE GATEKEEPERS: INSIDE THE ADMISSIONS OF A PREMIER COLLEGE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly 1 page responses, 5 page midterm paper, 10 page final paper.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Applegate,Deborah M.
- Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC002
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 45)
- SR. major: 7 Jr. major: 8
- SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 15 FR: 5
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
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