Middlebury

AMST 0202

The American Mind

The American Mind
We will consider the history of influential American ideas, and ideas about America, from the Revolution to the present, with particular regard to changing cultural contexts. A continuing question will be whether such a consensus concept as “the American Mind” has the validity long claimed for it. Among many writers we will read are Thomas Jefferson, Alexis de Tocqueville, William James, Martin Luther King, Reinhold Niebuhr and Betty Friedan. (Previously taught as HIST/AMST 0426)
Subject:
American Studies
Department:
Program in American Studies
Division:
Humanities
Requirements Fulfilled:
AMR HIS NOR
Equivalent Courses:
HIST 0202 *

Sections in Fall 2014, School Abroad France (Paris)

Fall 2014

AMST0202A-F14 Lecture (McWilliams)