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Junior Colloquium: Culture and Politics in the Progressive Era, 1890-1917
AMST207 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:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
HIST235 OR HIST236 OR ENGL203 OR ENGL204
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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