＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
The United States emerged as a global super power following World War II in 1945. Yet as the U. S. attempted to “spread democracy” to the rest of the world, its own “citizens”, namely people of color, women, and those colonized in the Pacific and the Caribbean began to demand that democracy be practiced at “home” and imperial domination abated. Hence, much of the late 20th century to the present has revolved around this critical tension between the United States’ imperial ambitions and the rights, demands, and desires of those most victimized by its pursuits. This course seeks to critically examine the underside of “American Democracy” in an attempt to demystify the United States as a society that provides “opportunity for all” and support and well being for its neighbors abroad. From the 2008 Economic Collapse to the Occupy Movement and the current cries for #Blacklivesmatter, this course will take a thematic approach to exploring some of the most salient issues in the contemporary United States.
This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to examining the contemporary United States within the context of social, cultural, political and economic developments in the larger world. Students will be introduced to a general history of the United States from its founding to the present. Each week will revolve around a theme pertinent to the course. This course will be a lecture/seminar where students are expected to complete all assigned readings and actively participate in classroom discussion.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
Students will obtain an introductory knowledge of United States history from its founding to the present. They will also gain particular insight into social, political, cultural and economic issues in the United States following World War II.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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1
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Welcome and Introduction
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Read Syllabus and Discuss
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2
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From #Blacklivesmatter to #NODAPL
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Read: Barbara Ransby, “Introduction” to Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century and Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon, “Introduction:” to The Black Snake, #NODAPL, and the Rise of a People’s Movement: Voices for the #NoDAPL Movement
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3
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“You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train,” History and the Politics of American Exceptionalism
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Reading: Howard Zinn, A People’s History of American Empire, Chapters 1-7
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4
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Some Called It Turtle Island: Indigenizing The History of the Americas I
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Reading: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States-Chapters 1-3.
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5
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Some Called It Turtle Island: Indigenizing The History of the Americas II
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Readings: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States-Chapters 4-8.
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6
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Rethinking U.S. Democracy I
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Michael Parenti, Democracy For The Few, Chapters 1-5
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7
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Rethinking U.S. Democracy II
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Reading: Michael Parenti, Democracy For The Few, Chapters 6-11 and Chapter 19
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8
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Race, Resistance, and Global Rebellion I
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Reading: Barbara Ransby, “Justice for Trayvon: The Spark,” in Making All Black Lives Matter
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9
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Race, Resistance, and Global Rebellion II
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Reading: Eric Arnold, “The BLM Effect: Hashtags, History and Race,” in Race, Poverty and the Environment, Vol. 21-2
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10
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Race, Resistance, and Global Rebellion III
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Readings: “Generations of Struggle: St. Louis from Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter,”and “From Louis and Clark to Michael Brown: Walter Johnson’s radical history of St. Louis.”
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11
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The New Jim Crow—Prisons, People and Mass Incarceration
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Michelle Alexander, Introduction and Chapter 1 “The Rebirth of Caste” in The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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12
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Prison Abolitionism: A Movement
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Prisons and Class Warfare: An Interview with Ruth Wilson Gilmore—Verso Books August 2, 2018
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13
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The United States In The Age of Trump I
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New Material
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14
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The United States In The Age of Trump II
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New Material
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15
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Critical Reflections
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Open Discussion and Reflections
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The schedule may be changed after consulting with the students.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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平常点(出席，クラス参加，グループ作業の成果等)
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50%
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50% Classroom Participation/Current Events Newspaper Article*
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小レポート
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50%
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50% Final Research Paper (6-8 page paper on the topic of your choice pertaining to the contemporary United States)
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＜備考/Remarks＞
This class will be face-to-face, but will convert to Zoom if health and wellness concerns become an issue. We will also use DUET to communicate all relevant information pertaining to the class.
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