History 207 - American Culture and Cultural Criticism from Tocqueville to Today

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Haverford College

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SO J.Allen This course will look at America's democratic, commercial, popular, and high culture, and the changing American character, from the days of Alexis de Tocqueville and P.T. Barnum to the twenty-first century, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Classes will revolve around discussions of writings by philosophers, novelists, and social critics who have reflected on or judged this culture and character. Besides Tocqueville, those authors could include Emerson, Mark Twain, William James, John Dewey, Frank Lloyd Wright, H.L.Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, David Riesman, Daniel Boorstin, Herbert Marcuse, Betty Freidan, Christopher Lasch, Neil Postman, Tom Wolfe, and Jacques Barzun. Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen. Offered occasionally.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.haverford.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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