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Basic Course
SoSe 14: Capitalism, Sectionalism, Immigration and American Nationhood
Frank Kelleter
Comments
This lecture course deals with American culture in the four decades following the Civil War. Topics include: the end of Reconstruction; the interlocking of pragmatism, progressivism and imperialism; the emergence of a capitalist-nationalist imaginary; realism and naturalism as literary modes; the "New Woman"; urbanization and the New Immigration; social utopias, media transformations, and postbellum entertainment industries. The lecture course serves as "Grundlagenveranstaltung" of Culture-Module C in the M.A. program. Registration: all participants must be registered via Blackboard and Campus Management before the first session. If you cannot register online, or if you would like to participate, but cannot attend the first session, please contact Prof. Kelleter before to the beginning of the term. Requirements: see Syllabus and Course Description (on Blackboard). Students can take this lecture course in conjunction with the seminar "Postbellum America" (same room, immediately after the lecture). close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2014-04-15 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-04-22 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-04-29 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-05-06 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-05-13 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-05-20 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-05-27 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-06-03 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-06-17 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-06-24 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-07-01 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-07-08 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-07-15 14:00 - 16:00