AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY SINCE 1877

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(Slashed with HIST 82285 ) This colloquium will explore American Intellectual and Cultural History after 1877 by focusing on modernity. Our readings will discuss modernity's evolution from its late nineteenth-century roots to its dismantlement in the current epoch. We will hear, see, and read about this idea and how it is applied to various manifestations within our society, from material culture to advertising, music, and film.