AMST 381 - E Pluribus:Uniting US

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

"E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of Many, One") reads the familiar motto on U.S. coins. The "pluribus" of American society and culture, divided by class, race, gender, religion, region, is a familiar condition. The "unum" has been variously a myth, an ideal, and a problem. This course will scrutinize wars, social movements, the expansion of government, suburbanization, the proliferation of mass culture, immigration, and other phenomena, to learn how they have affected the competing pulls of plurality and unity in recent U.S. history. Most of the "readings" (which will include artifacts other than bos) and most assignments will be in primary materials. Since this course will presume survey-level conversancy with the basics of recent American political and economic history, there is a prerequisite: History 202 or its equivalent. C- in History 202 or equivalent. 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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