American Cultural History I

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Explores the main contours of American culture from the Puritans of the seventeenth century to the Victorians of the nineteenth. We will examine a wide variety of phenomena-from magic to science, reading to shopping, social thought to social reform, tea party manners to boxing matches-that reveal the values and attitudes of diverse groups of Americans. Much of the reading will consist of “best sellers” of times past, including fiction, children’s literature, and propaganda pieces. USH