History 467 Lecture Outlines

Week 1 (Jan. 4): Ideology of American Exceptionalism

Week 2A (Jan. 9): Frontier Mythology

Week 2B (Jan. 11): The Atomic Age

Week 3A (Jan. 16): Liberalism/Social Contract

Week 3B (Jan. 18): Fate of Organized Labor

Week 4A (Jan. 23): Culture of Consensus

Week 4B (Jan. 25): Subcultures of Dissent

Week 5A (Jan. 30): The South and the Nation

Week 5B (Feb. 1): The "Great Society"

Week 6A (Feb. 6): Politics of Anticommunism

Week 6B (Feb. 8): Dr. Strangelove's America

Week 7A (Feb. 13): The Vietnam War

Week 7B (Feb. 15): New Left

Week 8A (Feb. 20): The "Vietnam Syndrome"

Week 8B (Feb. 22): Countercultural Cycles

Week 9A (March 6): Rise of Conservatism

Week 9B (March 8): "Morning in America"

Week 10A (March 13): Feminism

Week 10B (March 15): Culture Wars

Week 11A (March 20): Star Wars

Week 11B (March 22): Imperial Encounters

Week 12A (March 27): War on Drugs

Week 12B (March 29): Immigration and Identity Politics

Week 13A (April 3): Living Wages

Week 13B (April 5): Environmentalism

Week 14A (April 10): MTV Generation

Week 14B (April 12): Globalization/Discontents

Week 15 (April 17): U.S. in Middle East