Study of American political ideas and debate from colonial times to the present. Topics include Puritanism, revolution and independence, the Constitution framing, Hamiltonian nationalism, Jeffersonian republicanism, Jacksonian democracy, pro- and antislavery thought, Civil War and Reconstruction, social Darwinism and laissez-faire, the reformist thought of populism, progressivism and socialism, legal realism, the New Deal and 20th-century liberalism, modern conservatism, civil rights, and war protest. Readings and discussion are based on original and interpretative sources.
Politics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2022)
POL-UA 170-000 (20834)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by