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May 15, 2024
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2021-2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AMST 25000 - An Introduction To American Protest Movements: What Are They? What Can They Do? How Can We Make One?
Credit Hours: 3.00. In this course, we will study the reasons people in the United States have historically decided to create social movements, tactics and strategies they use to make and sustain those movements, obstacles to their success, and ways of judging their victories. The course will draw on scholarship on social movements from various fields, especially the field of American Studies. Because social movements are created by ordinary people, we will use a variety of sources they leave behind: speeches, testimonials, pamphlets, historical accounts, autobiographies, manifestos. We will also explore scholarship on social movements to try to understand how best to record and analyze the work social movements do. The course seeks to provide students an understanding of the role of protest movements in American history. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.Credits: 3.00
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