Syllabus/achievement requirements

Books:

  • L. Sandy Maisel, American Political Parties and Elections: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (2016)
  • James T. Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States |v X) Reprint Edition, Oxford University Press; (1997)
  • Ronald Story& Bruce Laurie, The Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture), Bedford/St. Martin's; 1st edition (2007)
  • Patrick J. Deneen , Why Liberalism Failed (Politics and Culture), Yale University Press (2018)

 

Films:

  • Theme 1: For Love and Money; Genre – Film Noir
    • Out of the Past 1948
    • Kiss Me Deadly 1955 (recommended)
  • Theme 2: Duty and the Democratic Order; Genre - Western
    • High Noon 1952 (recommended)
    • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 1962
  • Theme 3: Rebellion and Romance; Genre - Bildungsroman
    • The Graduate 1967
    • Goodbye Columbus 1970 (recommended)
  • Theme 4: Power and Tragedy; Genre – Neo-noir
    • Chinatown 1974 (recommended)
    • The Godfather, Pt. II 1980
  • Theme 5: Corruption and the City; Genre – Bildungsroman/Crime
    • Taxi Driver 1976 (recommended)
    • Wall Street 1985
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