AMST 30107 - World War II America: History and Memory

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

Exploring a wide range of primary and secondary sources from the 1940s and today (e.g., novels, films, ads, posters, poetry, art, museum exhibitions, and memorials), this course will examine the history of America's World War II experience and how this history is remembered and memorialized today. Areas of study will include D-Day and Pearl Harbor, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Holocaust, the emerging African-American and Mexican-American civil rights movement, the Americanization of European immigrants, Japanese-American internment and redress, and "Rosie the Riveter" and other women's experiences as paid workers.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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