AMS 100 American Culture and Identity |
AMS 100
Crouthamel
READINGS : Temperley and Bigsby- A New Introduction To American Studies
2006; Pearson/ Longman
Midterm (Notes I-IV D see syllabus)
Chapter 1 "The Human and Natural Environment" (Coates) pg. 7
Chapter 5 "Native Americans" (MacLeitch) pg. 98
Chapter 7 "American Immigration (Schafer) pg. 147
Chapter 4 "Slavery and Secession" (Temperley) pg. 75
Chapter 8 "Nineteenth-century American Literature" (Smith) pg. 170
Chapter 13 "America and War" (Reid ) pg. 302
SONGS: #1-#9; Film: "Citizen Kane"
Final (Notes IV E-V see syllabus)
Chapter 15 "Popular Culture" (Heffernan) pg. 352
Chapter 16 "America at the Millennium" (Crockatt) pg. 376
Songs: #10-#20; Film: "High Noon"; "Rebel Without A Cause"; "MASH"; "Do the Right Thing"; "Pulp Fiction"