AMST-G751 Seminar in American Studies
Topic: Twentieth Century America

Instructor: John Bodnar

Meets with HIST-H750


Twentieth Century America:  This course is a seminar.  It will
discuss several major themes regarding American history in the
twentieth century and require students to develop and write a
research paper.  Significant attention will be paid to issues such as
National Identity, Mass Culture, Human Rights, Memory, Race, Gender,
Conservatism and Liberalism.   Key books will include  Elizabeth
Borgwardt, A New Deal for the World,  Margot Canaday, The Straight
State: Sexuality and Citizenship, Michael Denning, the Cultural
Front, Thomas Sugrue, Sweet Land of Liberty and many others.