Primary reading:
John Fousek: To Lead the Free World: American Nationalism and the Cultural Roots of the Cold War, 2000. Chapel Hill: University of South Carolina Press. Paper, 253 pp.
Anatol Lieven: America - Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, 2004. London: HarperCollins.
Robert Takaki: A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, 1993. New York/London: Little Brown and Co.
Kopisamling "ENG2570 American National Ideology: Individualism, Religion, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism" (to be had at Kopiutsalget, Akademika):
- F.J. Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," IM.Curti et al., eds. American Issues: The Social Record. N.Y.: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1971, 88-100.
- William C. Fulbright, The Arrogance of Power. N.Y.: Random House, 1966, 3-22.
Kopisamling "Selections from John Higham, Hanging Together: Unity and Diversity in American Culture" (to be had at Kopiutsalget, Akademika):
- "Hanging Together: Divergent Unities in American History," 3-28
- "Multiculturalism and universality," 29-53
U.S. State Department. Journal USA. "Society & Values: The United States in 2005 - Who We Are Today" (1) "American Identity," 4-8; (2) "The Changing Face of America," 9-13; (3) "Still E Plubribus Unum? Yes," 27-30 (4) "The Immigration Debate, 31-36; Http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/1204/ijse/pachter.htm
Secondary reading:
Elliot Robert Barkan: And Still They Come: Immigrants and American Society 1920 to the 1990s, 1996. Wheeling, Ill.: Harlan Davidson. 262 pp.
Robert N. Bellah et al.: Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, 1996. University of California Press. Paper, 355 pp.
John Higham: Hanging Together: Unity and Diversity in American Culture, 2001. New Haven: Yale University Press. Ed. Carl J. Guarneri.
Gary B. Nash et al.: History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past, 1997. New York: Vintage Books .
The World Almanac & Book of Facts for 2005, 2005. N.Y.: World Almanac Books.
U.S. State Department. Journal USA. "Society & Values: The United States in 2005 - Who We Are Today." 44-45.
Requirements:
1. Regular attendance and reading preparations for sessions
2. Papers: 1 essay (5 pp.) on an assigned topic within Nov. 10
3. A final 4-hour written exam (Grading scale: A-F)