U.S. Intellectual and Cultural History to 1865
A study of the cultural achievements of America from the colonial period to the end of the civil war. Writers, events and themes examined include Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allen Poe, utopian societies, and the history of the Baptist and Mormon churches. Beginning with Puritanism and ranging through figures as diverse as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Abraham Lincoln, the class will cover the philosophical and literary developments that helped to form a distinctive American culture. At the same time, the class will place these American developments within a larger world context. Offered even year, fall.
Credit hours: 3.0
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08/07/2023