Incorporation of America: Corporate Capitalism and the American Way of Life
AMST 250
Fall 2023 not offered
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This course will examine how corporations have shaped and continue to shape American society and culture. Moreover, we will investigate how corporate capitalism has influenced U.S. relations with other countries. The course will extend from the mid-nineteenth century, when corporate capitalism clashed with alternative ways to organize the economy, to the present, when the neoliberal project faces a major crisis. We will read academic and fictional works, watch movies and TV shows, and analyze works of art that illuminate the history of corporate capitalism. We will explore how corporations have fostered class conflict, imperial expansion, technological change, structural racism, environmental degradation, ideological fundamentalism, among other things. In addition to writing individual papers, we will engage in collaborative and creative works to reflect on how corporations impact our lives. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
Major Readings:
Major readings: Herbert Gutman, ¿Work, Culture, and Society in Industrializing America, 1815-1919¿
Julie Greene, Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal
Steven Link, Forging Global Fordism: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Contest over the Industrial Order
Lizabeth Cohen, A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
Margaret O¿Mara, The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
David Harvey, ¿Neoliberalism as Creative Destruction¿
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Examinations and Assignments:
Examinations and assignments: Take-Home Essays
Classroom Activities |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Additional requirements and/or comments: n/a |
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