GHIS 5125 -

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The New School

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America's Empires: The Historical Perspectives Not offered 2008-09. Three credits. Oz Frankel Empire is a keyword of our time. It has been in frequent use since the American invasion of Afghanistan and then Iraq-either to celebrate or to castigate U.S. foreign policy-but even before 9/11, thinking of the United States in terms of empire informed the study of American history. This seminar addresses the utility and feasibility of empire as a term of analysis in U.S. history. It takes an expansive view of empire that includes diverse systems of domination and inequality, inside and outside the formal boundaries of the US, and aspects of private well as public lives. The emphasis is the social, cultural, and daily dimensions of imperial power rather than diplomacy and strategy. Examples, from the conclusion of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, include western expansion, post Civil War Reconstruction, race and domesticity, and the global process of "Americanization," in other words, the transnationalpresence of the United States as a model for social relations, political structures, and popular culture. Cross-listed as HLIS 4567 and GSOC 5043.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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