HIST 481
America in the 1970s Spring 2015
Division II Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
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The first general history of the 1970s was titled It Seemed Like Nothing Happened. During the last decade, however, a wave of new scholarship has reinterpreted the 1970s, and has redefined it as the “pivotal decade” when the forces that have shaped U.S. history for the past forty years took shape. This course will introduce students to that new scholarship, and will identify and study those forces. Examining a range of topics related to the political, economic, cultural, social and intellectual history of the 1970s, we will pay special attention to the evolving status and meanings of liberalism and conservatism in that decade. This course will also consider the two methodological assumptions embedded in its title–what are the limits and benefits of using a decade as a category of analysis? And what are the limits and benefits of studying that decade through a national lens as opposed to a transnational one?
The Class: Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 3279
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: every other week, students will write and present orally a 5- to 7-page essay on the assigned readings of that week; on alternate weeks, students will write a 2-page critique of their tutorial partner's essay
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the Gaudino option
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: History majors and students with some prior coursework in U.S. History
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
Attributes: HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada

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