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The Thirties: American Politics and Society in the Great Depression
The years between 1929, when the collapse on Wall Street heralded a decade of depression, and 1941, when the United States entered World War Two, were among the most significant in modern American life. Dominated by the programs of the New Deal and the figure of President Franklin Roosevelt, the 1930s saw the US taking on many of the features that would characterize it for generations to come. The collapse of what had until 1929 been a largely unregulated business system provoked thoroughgoing reappraisals of previously unquestioned beliefs about American society. At the same time, the search for recovery led to transformations in existing economic, social and political relationships.
This course investigates both the reappraisals and the transformations through the ideas and activities of the nation's leading politicians, activists, social and academic critics. Following a discussion of the causes of and initial reactions to the collapse, we will focus on three concerns: (1) the main institutional contours of the New Deal in relation to American industry, agriculture, organized labour, and public welfare; (2) the impact of the Depression and New Deal on various social groups, notably women and African-Americans; (3) criticisms of and political challenges to the New Deal and American capitalism in the 1930s. The course will conclude by looking at the 'end' of the New Deal and assessing its achievements, shortcomings and long-term impact on American life.
Den studerende kan først indstille sig til prøven i bachelorprojektet, når samtlige andre prøver på de to første år af bacheloruddannelsen er bestået.
Dale Carter
Den første del af semesteret består af emneundervisning, der foregår på hold, hvor centrale dele af et specifikt emneområde gennemgås. I løbet af emneundervisningen forventes den studerende at arbejde med skriftlige opgaver og/eller mundtlige fremstillinger, individuelt og sammen med andre. I samarbejde med underviseren udvælger den studerende et særligt aspekt af emneområdet som sit projektemne. Den sidste del af semestret består af individuelt arbejde med informationssøgning og udformning af det valgte projekt, med underviseren som vejleder.
Required Set Text
There will be one set text for this course, which all students will be expected to obtain: Robert McElvaine, The Great Depression: America , 1929-1941 (New York: Times Books/Random House, 1993). ISBN: 0-8129-2327-8. This book will be available from Geneviève Munck International Book Service (Klostergade 33, 8000 Århus C; telephone: 86 19 50 42; email ). It will be supplemented by a compendium of readings.
Suggested Preliminary Reading
There are also a number of good historical surveys covering the New Deal era. Though bookshop copies of the books have not been ordered by me, and you are not required to buy them (some of them are out of print), students are encouraged to read one or more, particularly before the course begins. The course itself will, however, be keyed to the McElvaine book listed above.
Ronald Edsforth, The New Deal: America's Response to the Great Depression (2000)
David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in the Great Depression (2003)
Alan Lawson, A Commonwealth of Hope : The New Deal Response to Crisis (2006)
Anthony M. Badger, The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940 (1989, 2002)
Michael E. Parrish, Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941 (1994)
Richard D. Polenberg (ed), The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945: A Brief History with Documents (2000)
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