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AMST206
Born Rich: Wealth in America
AMST206 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 25 | 6 | Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM; M...... 4:30PM-6:30PM; | Yes | Yes |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course is a study of the amassing and dispersal of
great wealth in America, primarily in the 19th and
20th centuries: industrial money, money money, and other
forms of fortune. What we will study is some of the
cultural results of this money, rather than its sources;
mansion-building, yacht-buying, eccentricity, collecting,
fashion, causes, and other forms of expenditure: charity and
tax evasion as investments in the future (of the hospital,
the nation, the fortune). Misbehavior of the descendents,
curmudgeons, myth of founding mothers and fathers, and
sudden loss are also matters for occasional examination.
MAJOR READINGS
William Faulkner, ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE GREAT GATSBY, "Rich Boy," "Diamond
as Big as the Ritz"
Thomas P. Hughes, AMERICAN GENESIS: A CENTURY OF INVENTION
AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENTHUSIASM
Henry James, THE GOLDEN BOWL
Katy Louchheim, THE GREAT COLLECTORS
Ortega y Gasset, THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES
Edith Wharton, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Other readings on Vanderbilts, Morgans, Fords, Astors,
Hearsts.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Group projects,
presentations, term paper, field trips.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Class time
1:10-2:30 p.m., MW; film showing M 4:30-6:30. Course fee
$40.00.
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 Fieldwork Lecture Seminar Group
Presentations
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
AMST154
- Section 01
- Reed, J
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM; M...... 4:30PM- 6:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 0, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
- Permission of Instructor Required.
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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