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AMST207

Junior Colloquium: Culture and Politics in the Progressive Era, 1890-1917
AMST207 SP

Next Offered in 9798 SP

The course studies the relationship between culture and politics during the first great crisis of "modernization" in the U.S. We will study a variety of texts - novels, political documents, histories, films - to see how different forms of expression were used to develop an ideological response to the crisis. We will be particularly concerned with the themes of nationality, racism, social violence and corporatism.

MAJOR READINGS

Slotkin, GUNFIGHTER NATION
Trachtenberg, INCORPORATION OF AMERICA
Twain, CONNECTICUT YANKEE
Bellamy, LOOKING BACKWARD
London, IRON HEEL
Griggs, IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO
Norris, OCTOPUS
Dixon, CLANSMAN
Chesnutt, MARROW OF TRADITION
DuBois, SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
Wister, VIRGINIAN
Gilman, HERLAND
Selections from T. Roosevelt, H. Spencer, Emma Goldman,
Herbert Croly.
Case studies on Jim Crow, the Homestead strike, immigration.
3 or 4 films, including BIRTH OF A NATION

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm paper, assigned topic, 8 pp.; final research or critical paper, open topic, 15 pp.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: HIST235 or HIST236 or ENGL203 or ENGL204

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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